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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
07/05/2026
LifeNet Health, NASA, and UNOS Complete First-of-Its-Kind Drone Kidney Transport Study to Help Save More Lives
Teams from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), NASA Langley Research Center, and LifeNet Health successfully completed a groundbreaking study transporting human kidneys by drone beyond visual line of sight, marking a major milestone in the future of organ transportation and transplantation. The June 5 flights highlight the potential for drone technology to support …
06/29/2026
Stemora receives NSF SBIR Phase I award to advance breakthrough cartilage regeneration technology
Stemora Inc., a Maryland-based biotechnology company developing next-generation regenerative therapies for osteoarthritis and cartilage injuries, today announced that it has been awarded a $305,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant. The award supports Stemora’s development of a one-step, intraoperative regenerative therapy designed to restore durable hyaline cartilage by activating …
06/29/2026
Stemora receives NSF SBIR Phase I award to advance breakthrough cartilage regeneration technology
Stemora Inc., a Maryland-based biotechnology company developing next-generation regenerative therapies for osteoarthritis and cartilage injuries, today announced that it has been awarded a $305,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant. The award supports Stemora’s development of a one-step, intraoperative regenerative therapy designed to restore durable hyaline cartilage by activating …
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