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Congratulations to Jude Samulski, PhD, Professor in the department of Pharmacology and member of the ºÚÁÏÍø Gene Therapy Center, who is Triangle Business Journal’s 2020 Business Person of the Year.

R. Jude Samuski, PhD
R. Jude Samuski, PhD

“Throughout the course of the year, our reporters and editors work with hundreds of local executives on stories, blogs, pictures, graphics, slideshows and Triangle Business Journal signature events… ÌýÌýOur Business Person of the Year, Jude Samulski, co-founder of Research Triangle Park-based Askpelios BioPharmaceutical, also known as AskBio, was a late addition. AskBio’s . But we had to look deeper into what was going to become one of theÌý. As we started digging more, we found out how Samulski got started with AskBio,ÌýÌýeven when things were not looking so great.ÌýCouple that with Samulski’s charitable work and the immense implication to the entire genetics industry and the choice in the end was unanimous.ÌýOur final meeting was the most efficient, as we went around the table listening to the amazing accomplishments of our finalists and were left with the impression that the Triangle is fortunate to have so many capable leaders.ÌýWe cannot wait to track and report Samulski’s research and theÌýÌýin the field of gene therapy. Could the Triangle become the hotbed for gene therapy companies just as the clinical research organizations experienced when researchers such asÌýÌý(legacy Quintiles) andÌý (PPD) started companies in our own backyard?”

~excerpt fromTriangle Business Journal’s article, “” by , Editor-in-Chief, Triangle Business Journal, published Dec. 11, 2020.

~read Triange Business Journal’s article on Ìýby Staff Writer, Triangle Business Journal published Dec, 11, 2020.