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Virginia's Life Science Community By the Numbers

  • 3,433 Companies

    Life science companies in Virginia.

  • $8B Industry

    Life Science contributes $8B to Virginia's economy.

  • 30, 504 People

    Employed by Life Science companies in Virginia.

  • $107,281 Average Wage

    Average earnings of life science workers in Virginia.

  • 1,197 Clinical trials

    Biopharmaceutical industry-sponsored trials in Virginia per year.

News

06/25/2025

Liquet Medical Closes Oversubscribed Seed Round to Launch Pilot Study Evaluating Real-Time Hemodynamic Monitoring

Liquet Medical, a clinical-stage medical device company developing the Versus™ Catheter — a first-of-its-kind dual-tipped catheter system cleared by the FDA for controlled and selective infusion of fluids into the pulmonary vasculature and hemodynamic monitoring — announced the successful and oversubscribed close of its Seed funding round, which officially closed in May 2025. The capital

06/25/2025

Adial Pharmaceuticals Secures U.S.-Based Manufacturing Through Agreements with Cambrex and Thermo Fisher Scientific for Drug Substance and Drug Product Supply

Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for the treatment and prevention of addiction and related disorders, announced the recent execution of agreements for the production of AD04 (0.33 mg ondansetron tablets), supporting both the completion of upcoming clinical trials and the planned New Drug Application (NDA) submission to the U.S.

06/24/2025

AgroSpheres and Wilbur-Ellis Launch FUN-THYME™, a Powerful Broad-Spectrum Biofungicide Built on Novel AgriCell® Technology

AgroSpheres, a biotechnology company transforming crop protection with biobased innovations, today announced the commercial launch of FUN-THYME™, a groundbreaking, broad-spectrum biofungicide derived from thyme oil and delivered through the company’s proprietary AgriCell encapsulation platform. Through an exclusive distribution agreement, Wilbur-Ellis will introduce FUN-THYME™ to growers across the United States, helping them protect high-value crops including