Maryland Regional Biotech Forum Aims to Propel Washington, D.C. Metro Region to a Top Three Ranked U.S. Biotech Hub by 2023
Summary
Consistently ranked among the top ten biotech clusters in the U.S., the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. area is home to more than 800 life sciences companies, 70 federal labs and numerous world-class academic and research institutions. The event will also spark dialogue around, and offer expert insights into, how the local biotech community can work together to further nurture this ecosystem and capitalize on the opportunities it presents. “We believe that by working together to grow this ecosystem further, we can build upon our collective successes to identify additional opportunities for strategic partnerships, workforce development and scientific innovation, and ultimately achieve a rank among the top three biotech clusters in the country by 2023. AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical company guided by innovation, with main focus on discovery, development and trade of prescription drugs in the following therapeutic lines: cardiovascular, metabolic, immunologic, respiratory, inflammation, oncology, infection and neuroscience. MedImmune is pioneering innovative research and exploring novel pathways across key therapeutic areas, including respiratory, inflammation and autoimmunity; cardiovascular and metabolic disease; oncology; neuroscience; and infection and vaccines.