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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
10/23/2024
Advancing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Central Virginia: The Success of the GO Virginia Grant
Activation Capital is proud to announce the successful closeout of a pivotal GO Virginia grant, addressing the urgent need to secure access to and reduce the costs of essential medicines. This grant laid the foundation for Central Virginia’s growth as a hub for advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing (APM) by leveraging the region’s strengths in advanced manufacturing, …
10/22/2024
Caretaker Medical Awarded the Grand Prize in NIH RADx Tech for Maternal Health Challenge
Caretaker Medical, a digital health company focused on developing hemodynamic monitoring devices, today announced that it has been awarded the $525,000 grand prize in the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Technology for Maternal Health Challenge. The award recognizes Caretaker’s wireless, wearable wrist device, VitalStream, that can be used to monitor …
10/22/2024
Quoin Pharmaceuticals Announces Further International Expansion of Ongoing Clinical Trials for Netherton Syndrome
Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: QNRX) (the “Company” or “Quoin”), a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rare and orphan diseases, today announces the further expansion of its on-going Netherton Syndrome (NS) clinical studies to include two additional international sites in the United Kingdom (UK). These sites, Great Ormond Street Hospital and St. Thomas’ Hospital, …
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