Idaho BioScience sets up shop in Ketchum, Idaho

In the midst of the economic downturn, city leaders have often repeated that the Wood River Valley needs to look beyond tourism and attract new businesses to survive the decline. Fortunately for Ketchum, bringing its most recent addition to the city’s business community didn’t require a dime in marketing expenses.

On Monday, Idaho BioScience officially opened its doors in the former Scott building, on the corner of Lewis Street and Warm Springs Road in Ketchum’s industrial area.

Idaho BioScience is a division of California-based Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. http://www.scbt.com/ , which does not develop diagnostic or therapeutic products, but rather creates reagents and antibodies for scientific researchers, including those at the National Institutes of Health, universities and hospitals around the world.

"One advantage is that we can work closely with this division, as we spend three to four months out here every year," said Stephenson, who added that he’ll try to get in around 100 days of skiing this season.

By JON DUVAL
Express Staff Writer

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