Philadelphia’s life sciences sector has already seen a strong start to 2021 with new leadership and fundraising across companies in the region.

The sector was already on the rise: Philly recently ranked seventh in the country for top life sciences clusters, based on the region’s relevant job base, the amount of lab space inventory and the amount of funding it attracts from venture capitalists, a CBRE report found at the end of last year.

This month, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, the state-backed early-stage investing org that supports various life science and tech startups in the region, will officially instate Scott Nissenbaum as its president and CEO.

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