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New Hampshire Life Sciences Association urges R&D tax-credit boost and highlights industry growth
Summary
Andrea Hechavarria, executive director of the New Hampshire Life Sciences Association, told the Science, Technology and Energy Committee the sector now includes about 600 firms and 11,000 jobs and asked legislators to support HB1102, which would raise the state R&D tax-credit caps and overall pool.
Andrea Hechavarria, executive director of the newly formed New Hampshire Life Sciences Association, briefed the Science, Technology and Energy Committee on the association’s mission, membership and near-term legislative priorities.
Hechavarria said the trade group, founded in 2023, represents companies across biotech, medtech, diagnostics and related fields and has grown to about 70 members in roughly 18 months. She highlighted founding members Novocure, Novo Nordisk, Lonza and MilliporeSigma and noted manufacturing and high-wage employment across the state.
The nut graf: Hechavarria urged lawmakers to back HB1102, a bill…
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