Private medical school targeted for former Hoffman-LaRoche site in Nutley, Clifton

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January 14, 2015, 4:49 PM Last updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 11:27 PM

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The first private medical school in New Jersey in 50 years is expected to open in 2017 at the former Hoffmann-La Roche site in Clifton and Nutley under a partnership between Seton Hall University and the parent company of Hackensack University Medical Center.

Officials from both institutions, who confirmed their alliance Wednesday, said they plan to make a formal announcement Thursday morning.

The medical school, as yet unnamed, is being touted as an economic boost and a remedy for the shortage of physicians in New Jersey, estimated to reach 2,400 by 2020. Officials hope the school will serve as an anchor at the empty site, attracting biomedical and research companies and high-paying jobs to the 116-acre campus.

We are excited to be taking this next step with Seton Hall University, said Robert C. Garrett, president and CEO of Hackensack University Health Network. Our academic reputations, combined with our clinical expertise, will guarantee the establishment of a world-class academic institution in the Garden State.

Hospitals in Hackensacks network, the states largest, will serve as the primary clinical teaching sites for the school, which officials hope will elevate a leading regional medical center into the next tier a top academic health care institution. For Seton Hall, a Catholic university in South Orange established nearly 160 years ago, it is an opportunity to expand its graduate level programs, which already include law, business and nursing.

The new medical school would take over two buildings at the empty site. Architects are at work to redesign some of the 500,000 square feet the school is leasing to accommodate labs, students, staff and space for research and development. Funding for the school is likely to include grants and low-interest loans from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Hackensack officials said.

Starting a new medical school will be daunting, experts say. It could take up to $30 million to launch the first class, experts estimated, and accreditation is a rigorous multiyear process.

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Private medical school targeted for former Hoffman-LaRoche site in Nutley, Clifton

Private medical school targeted for former Hoffmann-LaRoche site in Nutley, Clifton

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January 14, 2015, 4:49 PM Last updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 11:27 PM

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Roches exit from Clifton and Nutley

The first private medical school in New Jersey in 50 years is expected to open in 2017 at the former Hoffmann-La Roche site in Clifton and Nutley under a partnership between Seton Hall University and the parent company of Hackensack University Medical Center.

Officials from both institutions, who confirmed their alliance Wednesday, said they plan to make a formal announcement Thursday morning.

The medical school, as yet unnamed, is being touted as an economic boost and a remedy for the shortage of physicians in New Jersey, estimated to reach 2,400 by 2020. Officials hope the school will serve as an anchor at the empty site, attracting biomedical and research companies and high-paying jobs to the 116-acre campus.

We are excited to be taking this next step with Seton Hall University, said Robert C. Garrett, president and CEO of Hackensack University Health Network. Our academic reputations, combined with our clinical expertise, will guarantee the establishment of a world-class academic institution in the Garden State.

Hospitals in Hackensacks network, the states largest, will serve as the primary clinical teaching sites for the school, which officials hope will elevate a leading regional medical center into the next tier a top academic health care institution. For Seton Hall, a Catholic university in South Orange established nearly 160 years ago, it is an opportunity to expand its graduate level programs, which already include law, business and nursing.

The new medical school would take over two buildings at the empty site. Architects are at work to redesign some of the 500,000 square feet the school is leasing to accommodate labs, students, staff and space for research and development. Funding for the school is likely to include grants and low-interest loans from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Hackensack officials said.

Starting a new medical school will be daunting, experts say. It could take up to $30 million to launch the first class, experts estimated, and accreditation is a rigorous multiyear process.

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New Medical School Planned for New Jersey

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When Roche left its sprawling campus in northern New Jersey two years ago, it was part of a broader challenge for the state--filling the cavernous centers that once housed the booming pharmaceutical industry.

On Thursday, officials at Seton Hall University and Hackensack University Medical Center plan to announce they want to fill some of that space with a new medical school, the state's only private one, which they hope to open in 2017.

It would be welcome news for Nutley and neighboring Clifton, which were slammed in 2012 when Roche left, taking more than 1,000 jobs.

"It will help address the needs of the state and the needs of the nation, " said Robert Garrett, chief executive of Hackensack University Medical Center. "There will be a physician shortage in New Jersey that becomes even more acute over the next few years."

Gov. Chris Christie is expected to attend the announcement, which will be held at the Nutley campus. The drug industry's shrinking footprint in New Jersey has left towns like Nutley struggling to fill tax gaps and attract companies to ghost towns of office parks and has played a part in the state's economic challenges.

New Jersey has shed thousands of pharmaceutical jobs over the past two decades, said James Hughes, dean of the public planning and policy school at Rutgers University. He said the state once had about 20% of the country's pharmaceutical jobs but now has about 10%.

About 100 acres will remain unoccupied at the campus, but town officials are likely to have better luck with the prospect of a medical school occupying part of it, say economic development officials.

"It was a big, huge deal when they left," said Luther Engler, who is on the board of Nutley'sChamber of Commerce. "They paid millions in taxes, and every business in town felt it, from the restaurants to the delis to the shops."

For the planned medical school, New Jersey's bust could prove a boon. Laboratories where medicine was once created can be tweaked and used. Many of the facilities need little work because they are already "state-of-the art, pristine buildings," said Mr. Garrett, the hospital's chief executive.

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Liberty Ammunition wins $15.6M in patent theft case against Defense Department

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Liberty Ammunition, a Florida-based maker of bullets, won a $15.6 million judgment against the Department of Defense after a federal court found the feds did in fact infringe upon one of the companys patents.

The company filed a suit in 2011 against the U.S. government, accusing the Army of infringing on its design patent for lead-free bullets, the enhanced performance round, The Bradenton Herald reported.

The accusation came after Liberty owner P.J. Marx met with U.S. government officials to pitch his patented design for the bullets and all those at the meeting were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement saying they wouldnt share or copy any of the ideas discussed, The Blaze reported, citing court documents.

The Army didnt go with Liberty, but instead partnered with ATK, The Blaze reported.

U.S. Federal Court of Claims judge Charles Lettow ruled that the government subsequently broke the agreement and infringed on Libertys design patent via its partnership with ATK, the Bradenton Herald reported. The case was decided in mid-December, but the federal government is now mulling an appeals.

The federal government was also ordered to pay a 1.4-cent royalty on every bullet it buys until 2027, when Libertys patent expires, The Blaze said.

The deadline to appeal is Feb. 19, The Blaze reported.

In the meantime, Liberty CEO George Philips said his company is totally vindicated by the ruling, the Bradenton Herald said.

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Heres how Liberty Center will change the local community forever

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LIBERTY TWP.

When the $350 million, mega-retail complex Liberty Center opens this fall, the number of businesses operating in this fast-growing township will double from approximately 250 to 500 in one fell swoop.

Thats just one example of the game-changing effects the center one of the largest developments in Butler County history will have on Liberty Twp. and the county, officials say.

The development by Steiner + Associates of Columbus is also estimated to create 3,500 new jobs from its retailers, restaurants and other businesses and generate $500,000 to $800,000 a year in income tax revenues for the township by 2018.

The mixed shopping, dining, residential and office center is being built at the intersection of Interstate 75, Ohio 129 and Liberty Way. Construction started in 2014 on more than 1 million-square-feet encompassing about 65 acres for the projects first phase.

Its not a shopping mall. Its not just a place to go buy things. It has apartments. It has facilities for offices. It has hotels. It has really everything that a city has and can give the people that live there city living without the crime, Trustee Tom Farrell said.

Three anchor tenants Dillards department store, dinner-and-movie theater CineBistro and Dicks Sporting Goods have been announced along with AC Hotels by Marriott.

Liberty Center will put the Cincinnati-Dayton Interstate 75 corridor on the map as a regional destination joining other tourist draws such as Bass Pro Shops and Cabelas, which are being built in neighboring West Chester Twp.; the Voice of America MetroParks athletic complex; and the existing West Chester Twp. IKEA, Butler County Visitors Bureau Executive Director Mark Hecquet said.

Its going to bring an attraction thats going to drive thousands and thousands of visitors, Hecquet said.

A visitor coming in spends their money in our community. That money stays here, he said. It pays wages, it pays for services, etc., etc.

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Capital Journal Daybreak: Airstrikes Fail to Slow Islamic State in Syria | Rand Paul Begins Making His Case for 2016 …

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RAND PAUL BEGINS MAKING HIS CASE FOR 2016: Recent news that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney are mulling presidential bids are welcome news for at least one potential 2016 contender: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. The reason is simple: The more contenders there are angling for support among the evangelical and establishment wings of the party, the easier it will be for Mr. Paul to cast himself as a unique figure as he courts a mix of tea-party activists, young voters and other Republicans with his distinct brand of conservative libertarianism.

Mr. Paul visited the early-voting state of New Hampshire yesterday, at a time when much of the focus in GOP politics has centered on what a third White House bid for Mr. Romney would mean for Mr. Bush and others vying for the same centrist, business-friendly donors. The Kentucky senator found a receptive audience in the state, where his libertarian-leaning father came in second with 23% of the vote in the states 2012 GOP presidential primary. As one New Hampshire state senator put it: He is solely the candidate who benefits from the crowded field. Janet Hook and Patrick OConnor report.

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PATRICK OCONNORS EARLY HIT: AMERICANS WANT CONGRESS TO FOCUS ON THE BASICS Republicans and Democrats alike want Congress to pass an annual budget, drive down college costs and preserve Medicare for future generations, according to a recent nationwide poll commissioned by Crossroads GPS and the American Action Network, two groups that back congressional Republicans. Splits emerge over more divisive issues like approving the Keystone XL pipeline and changing the Affordable Care Act. The poll results suggest Americans would rather see Congress do its basic duties: make government more efficient and tackle kitchen-table topics, not rehash partisan feuds. Read Patrick OConnors full post in Washington Wire.

STORIES YOU SHOULDNT MISS EPA SET TO REGULATE OIL AND GAS METHANE EMISSIONS:The Obama administration unveiled plans to regulate methane emissions from the nations oil and natural-gas industry for the first time, a move aimed at meeting climate-change goals while not hampering the nations energy boom. The Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose federal regulations to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40% to 45% over the next decade from 2012 levels. The rules, scheduled to be proposed this summer and completed by 2016, would apply only to new or modified sites. Amy Harder reports. Plus: Five things to know about methane.

MONTHS OF AIRSTRIKES FAIL TO SLOW ISIS: More than three months of U.S. airstrikes in Syria have failed to prevent Islamic State militants from expanding their control in that country, raising new concerns about President Barack Obamas military strategy in the Middle East. While U.S. bombing runs and missile strikes have put Islamic State forces on the defensive in Iraq, they havent had the same kind of impact in Syria, where jihadist fighters have enlarged their hold since the U.S. started hitting the groups strongholds there in September. The militant groups progress in Syria is partly the result of the U.S. decision to focus its military efforts on Iraq, and the Obama administration is now considering whether the U.S. should focus more aggressively on Syria. Dion Nissenbaum reports.

Related: The White House wants to win bipartisan support for an updated congressional resolution authorizing the U.S. to use military force against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria An Ohio man was arrested yesterday as he neared what authorities say were the final stages of a terror plot to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and pipe bombs in support of Islamic State Four years after the Arab Spring began, the new Middle East looks more and more like the old onebut worse.

HOUSE VOTES TO BLOCK OBAMA ON IMMIGRATION: The House passed legislation to nullify President Obamas immigration policies, tying the contentious issue to a bill funding homeland security and setting up a clash with Democrats who are expected to block the measure in the Senate. The vote was 236-191 for the funding bill after the House easily approved amendments to undo a string of Mr. Obamas executive actions. The move gave conservatives the votes they had been demanding, but prompted backlash from some centrist Republicans who said it goes too far. Laura Meckler and Kristina Peterson report.

More on Congress: The House also passed a bill to ease nearly a dozen Wall Street regulations, the latest legislative effort to roll back provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law.

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Anti-Terror Bill Means Familiar Tug-Of-War For Harper

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OTTAWA - As the prime minister and his cabinet craft the latest anti-terror legislation, they'll be thrust into a familiar balancing act between civil liberties and public safety.

Stephen Harper will also have to contend with the friction between the strong libertarian contingent in his caucus and those who support an enhanced role for government.

There has been speculation that the bill, which Harper says will be introduced soon, will restrict speech that encourages or glorifies terrorism. Britain and France already have such controversial measures on the books.

Harper and his cabinet have strongly condemned the attack on free speech and the press that occurred when Islamic extremists targeted France's provocative Charlie Hebdo magazine last week.

Over the years, the Conservatives have introduced legislation and made political gestures that have spanned the spectrum from libertarian to interventionist.

In the category of libertarian-inspired action:

Dismantling the long-gun registry, derided by the government as wasteful and coercive to mostly law-abiding hunters, farmers and sports shooters.

Axing the long-form census. The government argued the mandatory nature of the questionnaire was coercive and intrusive.

Removing the prohibition on the dissemination of phone and Internet hate speech from the Canadian Human Rights Act.

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Rand Paul: Judicial Activism Can be a Good Thing

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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, gives remarks at the Heritage Foundation's Conservative Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, January 13, 2015.

WASHINGTON United States Senator Rand Paul stated that "judicial activism" can be a force of good in American politics.

At an event sponsored by the conservative group the Heritage Action for America, the outspoken libertarian-leaning Republican told those gathered Tuesday morning that judicial activism can play a positive role in public policy.

"There is a role for the Supreme Court to mete out justice. The Fourteenth Amendment gives the Supreme Court, gives the federal government a role in saying the states can't do certain things," said Sen. Paul.

"I think the federal government was right to overturn state governments that were saying that 'separate but equal' was fine'."

Paul believes that the conservative position that judicial restraint was intrinsically beneficial was wrong given the need for decisions to combat state-level wrongs like Jim Crow legislation.

"If you're for judicial restraint, I guess then what happens when a legislature does bad things?" asked Paul to an audience that has often expressed support for restraint over activism.

"What happens when a legislature says 'well, we're going to pass Jim Crow laws' should we have an activist court that comes in and overturns that?"

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