How Proximity to the FDA and NIH Benefits your BioPharmaceutical Business Globally

1. How Proximity to the FDA and NIH Benefits your BioPharmaceutical Business Globally Montgomery County Department of Economic Development

2. Montgomery County, Maryland A thriving international community of 1 million highly educated people. Boasting the best schools. The Innovation hub of Washington, D.C. 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

3. 95 600 mi. 500 mi. 400 mi. UNPARALLED BUSINESS ACCESS: 300 mi. 200 mi. 100 mi. • 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 • Baltimore’s deepwater port Just two hour access to 80% of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and more than 1,000 biotechnology companies

4. 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

5. Global Companies created and thriving in Montgomery County, MD • Marriott Corporation • Lockheed Martin • Hughes Network Systems • Discovery Communications • Astra Zeneca/MedImmune • Human Genome Sciences

6. 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

7. US AMRIID JHU UMBI UMBC DOE NIST AFIP JHU FDA USUHS WRAIR FDA BARC USDA DOD NASA GTU GWU Private Sector Company Concentrations 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 CMS NIH NOAA

8. Regional Federal Assets • 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

9. 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 UniversitySystem of Maryland at Shady Grove ($800 Million) • The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute with five separate institutes • Montgomery College • Georgetown University • George Washington University

10. Where Science Translates into Success + $18 billion of acquisitions in 2007

11. 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 UMB: CCT UMBC: College o f Natural and Mathematical Sciences Regulatory UMBC: Degree Programs UMB: Center on Drugs and Public Policy UMB: Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center Manufacturing UM: BREP and Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility UMBI: cGMP facility UMBC: Dept Chemical & Biochemical Eng UMBI: Transgenic Plant Facility Pre-Clinical 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 UMBC: College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences UMBI: Medical Biotechnology Center Workforce Training & Education UM: BREP UMBC: ACTiVATE UMBC: MPS, Certificates and in-house training, Biotech UMBC: Continuing and Professional Studies UMBC: Training Centers UMBI: Workforce Training & Outreach Center Facilities UMB: UMBBiopark UMBC: bwtech@UMBC Research Park UM: M Square UMBC: bwtech@UMBC Incubator UM: TAP UM: Venture Accelerator UMB: UMB Accelerator Contacts: UMB: Jim Hughes jhughes@maryland.edu UM: Paul Allenza allenza@umd.edu UMBC: Antonio Moreira moreira@umbc.edu UMBI: Ted Roumel roumel@umbi.umd.edu

12. Biotherapeutics & Diagnostics Bioinformatics Biomanufacturing & Bioprocessing Industry & Research Strength Agricultural & Industrial/Environmental Biotechnology Proteomics Biodefense Genomics

13. 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

14. Montgomery County Incubator Network

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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19. Montgomery County Department of Economic Development Janis Pitts, Sr. Business Development Specialist Janis.Pitts@montgomerycountymd.gov 240-77-2016