In the face of a global pandemic, the scientific community’s need to be nimble and responsive has never been more apparent. But the industry’s ability to pivot requires an ecosystem with all the elements for rapid innovation and collaboration. Maryland’s life sciences ecosystem, complete with esteemed academic institutions and federal laboratories, a density of biopharmaceutical and medical technology companies, and a healthy biomanufacturing sector, puts the state’s companies and universities in the nexus of the fight against COVID-19.
Maryland Companies Respond to COVID-19
Maryland companies were at the ready to respond to COVID-19, with 25 percent of the state’s biopharmaceutical and medical technology companies focused on infectious diseases. Nearly 40 Maryland companies were involved in improving diagnostic tests, developing or manufacturing vaccines and therapeutics, or providing clinical research support or technological solutions and services to respond to the pandemic. Industry leaders such as AstraZeneca, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), GlaxoSmithKline, Emergent BioSolutions, Novavax, Pfizer, and Qiagen Sciences are among the Maryland companies involved in these efforts.
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