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A new coalition is springing up to recruit and nurture bioscience companies. The effort was prompted by the University of Oklahoma's $85 million purchase of the Presbyterian Health Foundation Research Park, which has served as the main incubator for such firms for the past 20 years. Photo by Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman PAUL HELLSTERN

Oklahoma City's leading economic development and biosciences organizations are banding together to form a new coalition intended to take over the role of recruiting and growing bioscience companies.

The Presbyterian Health Foundation Research Park at NE 8 and Lincoln has served as the main incubator for such efforts over the last 20 years through subsidized rents. The foundation itself was formed with the 1985 sale of Presbyterian Hospital to Hospital Corporation of America.

Image: Paul Hellstern