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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Phorest, an Ireland-based salon software company, launched its U.S. headquarters on Thursday (August 15) in Philadelphia, and plans to have at least 30 employees by the year’s end, nearly doubling its U.S. presence.

Irish Chamber Member, Joe Burke (pictured below), Deputy Secretary, PA Department of Community & Economic Development, Office of International Business Development, discussed the State’s role in attracting and supporting foreign direct investment into the Pennsylvania.

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An Irish salon software company is putting down roots in Philly

We’re excited to share updates from the Museum of the American Revolution – our member and partner – on their special exhibition Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier, opening September 28:

– The exhibition’s run has been extended through Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17.

– The Museum has developed transatlantic partnerships with Ireland’s national cultural institutions, such as the National Gallery, National Library, National Museum, and the Ulster Museum, to exhibit treasures from Ireland’s revolutionary history here in Philadelphia as part of Cost of Revolution. These partnerships will help to reveal the entangled histories of the American Revolution of 1776 and the Irish Revolution of 1798 for tens of thousands of Museum visitors.

– Irish Chamber corporate member WSFS Bank has joined as the exhibition’s latest sponsor!

Now is the last chance to join the Irish Chamber, WSFS Bank, the Emigrant Support Programme of Ireland, the Irish Georgian Society, and more in sponsoring this revolutionary storytelling. To ensure your company’s inclusion as an exhibition sponsor – at a special discounted rate for Irish Chamber members – contact Adam Robinson by August 15 at 267-579-3392 or arobinson@amrevmuseum.org.

P.S.: For the first time in an American exhibition, Theobald Wolfe Tone’s bloodstained wallet from 1798, on loan from the National Museum of Ireland, will be on display. You won’t want to miss this!