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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

10/28/2026

Adial Pharmaceuticals Announces Name Change to Azora Therapeutics and New Executive Team, Focused on Advancing AT177, an Oral, Colon-Targeted AhR Agonist for Ulcerative Colitis

Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADIL), a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for serious inflammatory diseases, today announced that it has changed its corporate name to Azora Therapeutics, Inc. The company’s common stock is expected to commence trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the new ticker symbol “AZR” on October 29, 2026. Azora has also launched …

10/28/2026

U.S. Bioscience Industry Powers Over $3 Trillion in Economic Output, New Report Finds

Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and the Council of State Bioscience Associations (CSBA) released new national and state-level data on the U.S. bioscience industry’s economic impact. The report, “The U.S. Bioscience Economy: Advancing Innovation and Strengthening States and Regions,” examines the industry’s economic footprint through employment, wages, business establishments, university research and development, access …

10/26/2026

ATCC Selected by ARPA-H to Support Next-Generation BioStabilization Technologies

ATCC has been selected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as an affiliate to provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) for its BioStabilization Systems (BoSS) program. Through this program, BoSS is taking the “200-degree leap,” from -196°C toward room temperature, to make life-saving cell therapies as easy to store and ship as …