STATE OF MINNESOTA FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
BIOSCIENCES AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Tim Mahoney, Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 10:03AM on January 23, 2007, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
MAHONEY, Tim (Chair)
NORTON, Kim (Vice Chair)
BEARD, Michael
BERNS, John
BUNN, Julie
HAWS, Larry
MASIN, Sandra
PEPPIN, Joyce
RUTH, Connie
THISSEN, Paul
WINKLER, Ryan
A quorum was present.
Chair Mahoney called the meeting to order at 10:03AM.
Representative Norton moved that the minutes of January 17, 2007 be adopted.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
David Melin, Senior Director of Corporate and Government Affairs at MGI Pharma, and Ray Frost, Director of Government Affairs at MGI Pharma, provided and overview of the biopharmaceutical industry in Minnesota.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:33AM.
Rep. Tim Mahoney, Chair
Autumn Williams-Wussow,
Committee Legislative Assistant