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Virginia's Life Science Community By the Numbers
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1,451 Companies
Life science companies in Virginia.
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$8B Industry
Life Science contributes $8B to Virginia's economy.
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26,545 People
Employed by Life Science companies in Virginia.
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$77,848 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
03/28/2024
ReAlta Life Sciences Announces New Research Collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to Evaluate RLS-0071 as a Medical Countermeasure for Acute Radiation Syndrome
ReAlta Life Sciences, Inc. (“ReAlta” or the “Company”), a mid-stage clinical biotech company dedicated to saving lives by rebalancing the inflammatory response to address life-threatening diseases, announces that the company will be utilizing the preclinical services program offered by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to evaluate RLS-0071 as a medical countermeasure …
03/28/2024
AMPEL BioSolutions’ Lupus Test Launches to Predict Flares & Drug Targets
AMPEL BioSolutions announces a breakthrough in personalized precision medicine that will revolutionize the way doctors manage the autoimmune disease Lupus. Revealed in the peer-reviewed journal Genome Medicine and being made available to patients through a US follow-on study, the LuGENE® blood test forecasts patient flares and drug targets from gene expression utilizing predictive AI. The LuGENE® lab test is now launching at …
03/27/2024
Shaping Tomorrow’s Innovators: LifeNet Health’s Educational Partnership Ignites Student Passion in Life Science
LifeNet Health, a global leader in regenerative medicine, recently collaborated with AP biology students at Landstown High School to offer hands‐on learning experiences with human tissue and cellular solutions. This initiative is part of the Life Sciences Virginia pilot program, which aims to foster interest in life science careers among students and cultivate a talent …