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Local leaders want Tampa to be in the business of biotech listen

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Tags: Moffitt Cancer Center, Bob Buckhorn, Rick Baker, USF, health care, biotech

As Florida’s unemployment rate lingers around ten percent, community and leaders are looking for new ways to bring in more jobs. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn has his eye on biotechnical companies. At a business of biotech conference at Moffitt Cancer Center today, Buckhorn said they will create more meaningful employment in the area.

Buckhorn wants his city to be more than just a...