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The IDA’s directors unanimously approved the incentive packagde Friday morning for Diagnosticf Imaging Associates LLP that will help the companyyinvest $3.1 million in expanding its Amherst officese and acquiring a high-powered MRI that will be used in both testinhg and research related to breast cancer. Diagnostic located at 100 College Parkway near the Erie Communitu CollegeNorth Campus, expects to add sevemn employees to its 56-perso work force because of the expansioj and new equipment, said Gregory who heads the firm.
The deal is the second in as many monthsx that the IDA directors have approvedfor female-based medical treatment and In May, also received approval for an $8 million upgrade to its Amhersg facilities. “This is clearlty something we ought tobe doing,” said James Allen, Amherstg IDA executive director. “These are not typical offices. These are new services and new forms of researcb that are being offered in the Tymchak said the advanced MRI will fill a medicak void in the region by offering a powerful and intricateediagnostic tool.
Data collected througyh patients’ MRIs will be not only sent back to theirfrespective doctors, but also used in ongoing breast cancerf research projects. “We want to add to the data that’w out there,” Tymchak said. “Th e goal is to find new ways to fightybreast cancer.” Cheryl Klass, Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffal o president, said she supports Diagnostic Imaging’as new endeavor. “It will be a real advantage to the womem inthis region,” Klass said. Klase noted that Women & Children’ Hospital does not have the high-powered MRI that Diagnostic Imagingf willbe acquiring.
Diagnostic Imagint Associates was one oftwo medical-based projects that receivex incentive packages from the IDA during Friday’s Exigence North America LLC was approved for a serie s of incentives related to its buying and expandinb into new offices in Exigence provides management assistance in a number of medical “Life sciences is a growing fielcd and one where, in terma of job growth, can give us the biggest bang for our Allen said. Exigence, which has 16 will be adding seven peopler to its payroll withthe expansion.