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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
10/15/2024
Cerillo Introduces the Industry’s First Standardized Co-Culture System — Duet Revolutionizes Microbial Interaction and Isolation Studies
Cerillo, a leader in cellular analytics, announces the release of Duet, the first standardized co-culture system that allows researchers to explore microbial and cellular interactions in real time. Designed to address challenges in microbial research, Duet offers a novel approach to studying the dynamics between different microbial populations, enabling more precise, reproducible, and reliable results in fields ranging …
10/15/2024
Serpin Pharma Secures $2 Million NCI Grant for Innovative Neuropathy Treatment
Serpin Pharma, a Virginia-based biopharmaceutical company, is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $2 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This grant will support the clinical development of SP16-3M, a groundbreaking peptide drug designed to prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in breast cancer …
10/11/2024
FDA Approves Genentech’s Itovebi, a Targeted Treatment for Advanced Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer With a PIK3CA Mutation
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ItovebiTM (inavolisib), in combination with palbociclib (Ibrance®) and fulvestrant, for the treatment of adults with endocrine-resistant, PIK3CA-mutated, hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast …
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