Join HINJ

HINJ provides services that can complement your company’s government relations, public policy, advocacy, alliance and community activities, or help provide capabilities that your company wants to add.

HINJ services and resources include:

Research, analysis and advocacy on pending federal and state issues
Guidance on interacting with New Jersey state government
Opportunities to meet with members of Congress, key legislators and New Jersey Administration officials
Access to HINJ’s network of stakeholders and partners and opportunities to participate in stakeholder events
Serving as a liaison to our industry’s national trade associations and other state-based life sciences organizations
Regular state and federal policy and news updates

Working with industry allies

HINJ works closely with the life sciences industry’s national trade associations, and has cultivated strong working relationships with other state-based life sciences trade associations across the country to support the industry’s policy positions and programming on a national basis.

This network facilitates the exchange of best practices to benefit our industry’s collective goals and facilitates collaborations and resource pooling that amplifies the impact of each individual trade association’s activities.

Innovative programming

A nimble organization that can quickly pilot new initiatives, HINJ is known as an incubator for successfully pioneering innovative programs to expand the life sciences industry’s footprint and reinforce its value to policymakers, patients and other stakeholders. Examples include:

Innovation New Jersey (INJ) — INJ is a coalition of more than 120 industry associations, businesses, higher education institutions and state government agencies dedicated to promoting policies that foster New Jersey’s “innovation ecosystem.” Founded in 2010, INJ’s goals include encouraging greater industry-higher education collaboration, increasing private and public-sector R&D, stimulating economic growth, retaining and advancing high-paying innovation-related jobs, and increasing the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)-related graduates from state colleges and universities.
Mayors Committee on Life Sciences — Founded in 2010 in collaboration with the New Jersey League of Municipalities, the Committee works to promote economic development and innovation, and educate legislators, policymakers and the public about the importance of the life sciences industry to New Jersey, especially its local communities, and benchmarks best practices within communities that host a life sciences facility.

Networking

With New Jersey globally recognized as the “medicine chest of the world” for its cluster of global, North American and U.S. industry headquarters, HINJ member company executives represent the leadership of our industry. HINJ membership brings with it this valuable network, opportunities for frequent interaction, and the opportunity to collaborate on a broad range of issues and initiatives.

Additional value can be derived from HINJ’s broad circle of industry stakeholders. HINJ has extensive relationships with New Jersey’s health care and patient advocacy communities, labor, academia and other business organizations with whom HINJ and our member companies collaborate regularly.

Learn More

To learn more about HINJ, what membership can provide for your company and how to become a member, please contact us at 732-729-9622 or email us.