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Virginia's Life Science Community By the Numbers
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3,433 Companies
Life science companies in Virginia.
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$8B Industry
Life Science contributes $8B to Virginia's economy.
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30, 504 People
Employed by Life Science companies in Virginia.
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$107,281 Average Wage
Average earnings of life science workers in Virginia.
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1,197 Clinical trials
Biopharmaceutical industry-sponsored trials in Virginia per year.
News
10/26/2026
Adial Pharmaceuticals Announces Planned Appointment of Celia Economides as Chief Financial Officer
Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADIL) (“Adial” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for serious inflammatory diseases, today announced that Celia Economides, the Company’s current Executive Vice President of Finance, is expected to be appointed Chief Financial Officer effective promptly after the Company’s reconvened 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, if certain …
10/23/2026
PAK BioSolutions and iBET Advance Integrated Continuous AAV8 Purification
PAK BioSolutions today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study on integrated, continuous purification of adeno-associated virus serotype 8 (AAV8) using the PAK PD™ Process Development Scale Continuous Purification System. Conducted in collaboration with iBET – Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, the study, “Streamlining AAV8 Purification with Cyclic Integrated Capture–Polishing Chromatography,” was published in …
10/22/2026
Lilly breaks ground in Richmond to expand American manufacturing of next-generation cancer medicines, advancing its build-out of 10 new U.S. sites since 2020
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) broke ground today on a new $5 billion manufacturing facility just west of Richmond, Virginia, in Goochland County, one of 10 new U.S. manufacturing sites announced since 2020 and one of five among them that will produce active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). As part of the company’s more than $50 …
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