o Established the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board
o Launched a $1.3 billion biotechnology strategy and investment plan
o Developed the Maryland Biotechnology Center
o Started, expanded or attracted more than 50 bio companies including Life Technologies, Biomere, Opger, Akonni, Aeras, and Emergent Biosolutions
o Delivered critical bio investment during tough economic times:
- $59 million over 3years for Maryland's stem Cell Research Fund
- $18 million over 3years for the Biotech Tax Credit, which helped 39 companies reise over $36 million
- $9 million for nanobiotechnoligy research grants
o Expanded major research parks
- UMB BioPark
- Science+Technology Park at Johns Hopkins
- Montgomery College/Germantown Science and Technology Park
Maryland's BIO
Advantages
Maryland is home to:
o More than 400 bio companier and we're growing everyday
o An ambitious $1.3 billion, 10-year bio investment strategy, on top of more than $700 million in public support to bio projects in the past
o More than 50 life science research-intensive federal institutes and centers
o The highest-rated public school system in the nation
o The second-highest concentration of Science and Technology Assets
o The second-highest percentage of professional and technical workers
o The second-highest amount of Federal R&D obligations - $12.2 billion
o The second-highest number of NIH awards per-capita
o The second-highest number of workers employed in bioscience occupations
o The second-highest concentration of doctoral scientists and engineers and the highest concentration in Health and Biological Sciences Ph.D.s in the U.S.
