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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
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 …