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Nature 445, 699 (15 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445699a; Published online 14 February 2007
France strives for sharper image
Abstract
As US biotechnology companies seek to expand or relocate their operations abroad, Paris is pitching itself as a scientifically strategic location. Rex Dalton reports.
The many enticements of Paris are set for a difficult challenge: can they attract operating facilities from Californian biotechnology companies to move there?Just three months ago, the French capital's regional government opened an office in San Francisco to urge entrepreneurial firms to choose to invest in Paris, rather than China, India or Britain.
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