Fierce Biotech June 10, 2024
Drive or take the metro in any direction within Montgomery County, Maryland, and you’ll come across a life science company responsible for a major innovation. From the early wave of fast-breaking COVID-19 vaccines developed by Novavax, to the first-ever xenotransplant into a living human using only FDA-approved immunosuppressive medicines by United Therapeutics, Montgomery County is where life science companies seek to establish operations and deliver on their most ambitious projects.
Located next door to the nation’s capital, the county is home to more than 530 life science businesses creating life-saving cell and gene therapies, immunology and biopharmaceutical advances, and major research and development and manufacturing. Novavax, United Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, MilliporeSigma, REGENXBIO and many others continue to invest in the county,...