Day 38

Huntsville, AL

Tampa, FL

17 HR 23 MIN

TRAVEL TIME

700 MI

DISTANCE

41 GAL

FUEL AMOUNT

226 kWh

ELECTRICITY USED

Friday 22 October 2021

Alabama & Florida

Birmingham – Nigel's sweet home's Alabama namesake

 

Birmingham in Alabama was named for its industrial counterpart in the midlands of England. And this happens to be where Nigel was born, but Day 38 on The Road to 50 States represented a different Birmingham for him. It's equally an industrialized city, founded on iron and steel and the railroad industry, earning it the nickname Pittsburgh of the South. But naturally, the team's interests were the more modern evolution of life sciences companies, and they visited CRO, Therachem, and the Parenterals business of Evonik. These visits were conducted in the morning as they had a considerable drive to complete in the rest of the day to their final stop in Tampa, Florida. They got the famed southern hospitality in Alabama, having lunch with Dr. Chand at Therachem and enjoying members of the Evonik team contributing to Adama's artwork on the Lamborghini. The journey to Florida was uneventful but certainly long, seeing them get to Tampa long after dark.

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Maaike Everts and Reese Fraser of Evonik Parenteral Drug Delivery Solutions talk to Nigel about new therapies that are being developed through cell and gene therapy innovation and how Evonik has been at the forefront of the mRNA LMP space for quite some time.

Alabama Stats

Alabama
Alabama

State Capital

Montgomery

State Motto

Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights)

State Nickname

The Yellowhammer State

Largest City

Birmingham

Population

5.M

Total Covid Cases

558K

Total Vaccinated

1.64M (33.4%)

Most Prescribed Drug

Amlodipine

Florida Stats

Florida
Florida

State Capital

Tallahassee

State Motto

In God We Trust (1868)

State Nickname

The Sunshine State

Largest City

Jacksonville

Population

21.6M

Total Covid Cases

2.4M

Total Vaccinated

10.1M (47.2%)

Most Prescribed Drug

Levothyroxine Sodium