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BREXIT ON THE MENU AS IRISH BUSINESS CHAMBER HOSTS NORTHERN IRISH DIPLOMAT
What happens next with Brexit is far from clear. The outcome is a moving target.
It’s one man’s job to take the long view, to inform Northern Irish government officials of the range of possibilities, depending on that eventual outcome.
Dr. Andrew McCormick, director of general international relations, is Northern Ireland’s senior civil servant. He spoke before the Irish American Business Chamber & Network in Philadelphia recently to share what he knows—about Brexit’s potential impact on the peace process and how the lingering political uncertainties might affect the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, along with the impact on the economy and U.S. businesses that have headquarters or operations in the north.
In a conversation before the roundtable, McCormick explained his mission during his stateside tour of Irish organizations.
Why is Imvax putting its new brain-cancer vaccine lab in Philly’s old historic district?
by Joseph N. DiStefano, Updated: September 12, 2019- 1:45 PM
UPDATE SEPT. 12: Imvax, which just raised $40 million and hired ex-Spark Therapeutics exec John P. Furey as CEO, is building a lab for its new brain cancer vaccine — not at the University City Science Center in brainy West Philly, nor at one of those county-backed suburban lab centers — but in Philadelphia’s Old City, at the Curtis Building, across Sixth Street from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, and upstairs from Louis Tiffany’s landmark Dream Garden stained-glass mural.
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