Location

One of the top 7 U.S. Life Science hubs and global leader in biosciences
Centrally positioned within the East Coast Life Science Corridor
Mid-Atlantic market (MD/VA/D.C.) is home to 23 publicly traded biotechnology companies
Maryland is home to 350 biotech companies
State will invest $1.3 billion over the next 10 years — largest per capita investment in biosciences made by any state in the country
Maryland 2020 Bio Plan

Forbes.com ranked Frederick "Second Smartest Cities in America" in 2007
Location within the state enables access to one-third of the U.S. population
Northern anchor of the I-270 Technology Corridor (map)
Close proximity to federal and top tier academic research institutions
Home to 60 cutting edge bioscience companies, with second largest bioscience cluster in Maryland
50% of the most cited biomedical scientists in the world are located in Maryland; of those, 40% are affiliated with the National Cancer Institute in Frederick

Federal	Academic
National Institutes of Health (NIH) U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cancer Institute (NCI)	The Johns Hopkins University and Hospital Research Institutions of the University of Maryland System University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland Baltimore County University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute University of Maryland College Park