How Proximity to the
FDA and NIH Benefits your
BioPharmaceutical Business
Globally
Montgomery County Department of
Economic Development
Montgomery County, Maryland
The Innovation hub of
Washington, D.C.
A thriving international
community of 1 million
highly educated people.
Boasting the best schools.
Producing a $65 Billion GDP
Ranking it 58th as a country
One of the wealthiest U.S. counties
475 direct flights/week to 34
international destinations
600 mi.
500 mi.
400 mi.
300 mi.
UNPARALLED
200 mi.
100 mi.
BUSINESS ACCESS:
 Air: BWI, Washington-Dulles
& Reagan International
 Rail: AmTrak corridor
Same day or overnight
road access to 1/3 of
U.S. industry, markets,
and population
 Road: Multi interstate
95
 Baltimore’s deepwater port
Just two hour access to 80% of the U.S.
pharmaceutical industry and more than
1,000 biotechnology companies
Strategic Access To
• The power, Resources, Research and
Regulations of the U.S. Federal Government,
the single largest customer in the world
• 60 percent of the U.S. market in 2 hour flight
through 3 major airports providing non-stop
flights to 29 countries
• A cluster of the best scientific and business
minds
Global Companies created and
thriving in Montgomery County, MD
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Marriott Corporation
Lockheed Martin
Hughes Network Systems
Discovery Communications
Astra Zeneca/MedImmune
Human Genome Sciences
Elite Workforce
• Total workforce of over 500,000
• Advanced technology workforce >100,000
• Most educated workforce in U.S.
– 40% hold advanced degrees
– 70% with at least 4-year college
degrees
– Highest proportion of Ph.D’s in the U.S.
• Diverse workforce from 160 countries
Maryland BioScience Region
Connecting the 300 R&D Centers
Just two hour access to 80% of the U.S.
pharmaceutical industry and more than
1,000 biotechnology companies
US
AMRIID
UMB
C
DOE
JH
U
UMBI
CMS
NIS
T
AFI
P
JH
U
USUHS
FDA
WRAIR
FDA
BAR
C
NI
USDA
NOAA
H
DOD
NASA
GTU
GW
U
Private Sector Company Concentrations
Regional Federal Assets
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USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
FDA Food and Drug Administration
NIH National Institutes of Health including NCCAM
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
CMS Center for Medicaid and Medicare
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
USAMRIID/Ft. Detrick U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious
Diseases
WRAIR Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
NMRC Naval Medical Research Center
BARC USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Academic & Research Assets in
addition to the Federal Assets
• The Johns Hopkins University at Shady Grove/ and
in Baltimore receives $1.5 Billion in federal research
grant
• The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• The University of Maryland and the University
System of Maryland at Shady Grove ($800 Million)
• The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
with five separate institutes
• Montgomery College
• Georgetown University
• George Washington University
Where Science Translates into Success
+ $18 billion
of
acquisition
s in 2007
Clinical
Regulatory
Manufacturing
Pre-Clinical
Facilities
Workforce Training &
Education
The Maryland
Drug Discovery
Network
The Maryland Drug Discovery Network is a consortium of Maryland resources acting to
facilitate collaborations between public and private sector resources available within the State
and University of Maryland to encourage drug discovery and development, including basic
research, manufacturing, education and training, pre-clinical and clinical support, and facilities.
Clinical
Regulatory
UMB: CCT
UMBC: College o f Natural and
Mathematical Sciences
UMBC: Degree Programs
UMB: Center on Drugs and
Public Policy
UMB: Intellectual Property Legal
Resource Center
Pre-Clinical
Manufacturing
UM: BREP and Bioprocess
Scale-Up Facility
UMBI: cGMP facility
UMBC: Dept Chemical & Biochemical Eng
UMBI: Transgenic Plant Facility
Multiple sites: CTSA (proposed)
UM: Nanocenter
UM: Maryland Pathogen Research
Institute (MPRI)
UM: Fischell Dept of Bioengineering
UMB: School of Pharmacy
UMB: BioMedical Core Facilities
UMB: UMBBiopark
UMBC: College of Natural and
UMBC: bwtech@UMBC Research Park
UM: BREP
Mathematical Sciences
UM: M Square
UMBC:
ACTiVATE
UMBI: Medical Biotechnology Center UMBC: bwtech@UMBC Incubator
UMBC: MPS, Certificates and in-house training, Biotech
UM: TAP
UMBC: Continuing and Professional Studies
UM: Venture Accelerator
UMBC: Training Centers
UMB: UMB Accelerator
UMBI: Workforce Training & Outreach Center
Facilities
Contacts: UMB: Jim Hughes jhughes@maryland.edu UM: Paul Allenza allenza@umd.edu
Workforce Training &
Education
UMBC: Antonio Moreira moreira@umbc.edu
UMBI: Ted Roumel roumel@umbi.umd.edu
Industry & Research Strength
Biotherapeutics
& Diagnostics
Agricultural &
Industrial/Environmental
Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
Biomanufacturing
& Bioprocessing
Genomics
Proteomics
Biodefense
Maryland and Montgomery County
Support Companies in:
• Recruitment and training
• Networking and introductions to partners
• Connection to public and private funding sources
i.e. the Biotech Investment Tax credit
• Facilitation of transition to new home
• Innovative State and local incentive programs
• Facilities
– Incubator system with 85% success rate
– Science and Technology Parks
Montgomery County Incubator Network
Why Partner with us?
To enhance the value of your company globally
• Access to expertise in:
– Commercialization
– Regulatory affairs for drug approval and alternative medicines
– Intellectual Property, transparency, corporate governance
– U.S. public markets – increased stock value
• Maryland is the Passport to innovative companies for
market entry
• A local government with 30 years of biotech experience
New Projects Translate our Vision
• Montgomery County built first industrial park
exclusively dedicated to the life sciences in the
1980’
• Now a partner with the Johns Hopkins University
to build a world class R&D center with 500 to 1
million square feet of laboratory and office space
and 10,000 housing units: a translational city
• Creating a new R&D Park next to newly
consolidated headquarters of FDA
• 5 incubator facilities comprise a network
Work Hard, Play Hard in
Your Home away from Home
• Large internationally diverse population – 1/3
foreign born coming from 160 nations
• Theater, Music, Free Museums including the
Smithsonian Institution
• Restaurants of many ethnicities
• Outdoors: kayaking, soccer, polo, hiking,
biking, baseball, swimming
On the Green
AT&T TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT
Montgomery County Department of Economic Development
Janis Pitts, Sr. Business Development Specialist
Janis.Pitts@montgomerycountymd.gov
240-77-2016