Launched in 2009, We Work For Health – Maryland is an effort to promote the significant social and economic value of the biopharmaceutical and life sciences sectors in our state. Our partnership includes biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, as well as state and local chambers of commerce, academic and research institutions, labor, patient advocate groups, physicians and healthcare providers. Together, our mission is to drive innovation, research and development to new cures.
The biopharmaceutical sector is the foundation of one of Maryland’s most dynamic innovation and business ecosystems. Not only does the industry invest heavily in the research and development of new treatments and cures, it also generates high quality jobs, powers economic output and exports for the U.S. economy and sustains a very large-scale supply chain.
Supporting High Quality Jobs in Maryland
The innovative biopharmaceutical sector directly supported 24,644 jobs in Maryland in 2015. These jobs are often high-skill, high-wage professions.
The industry also supported another 87,078 jobs indirectly, for a total of about 111,722 jobs across the Maryland economy. These additional jobs are with vendors and suppliers such as construction companies and I.T. companies, and jobs generated by the sector’s employees such as day care centers and restaurants.
Maryland workers whose jobs were supported by the biopharmaceutical sector paid a total of $1.9 billion in personal taxes in 2015—$1.6 billion in federal taxes and $326.4 million in state taxes.
Maryland's Economic Impact
In 2015, the biopharmaceutical sector supported $27.5 billion in economic output for the state of Maryland—including $12.1 billion generated directly by the sector, and another $15.4 billion through its vendors and suppliers and through the economic activity of its workforce.
Direct Output per Direct Employee in 2015
vendor relationships
vendor spending
$1,708,597,698
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Elected Officials
Partners
Co-Chairs
Jessica Bateman, Patient & Research Advocacy Manager, American Urological Association
Donna Edwards, President, Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO
Christopher Frew, Founder, BioBuzz Workforce Foundation
The Honorable Donald Fry, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Baltimore Committee
Aliyah Horton, Executive Director, Maryland Pharmacists Association
Tami Howie, Esq., CEO, Maryland Tech Council
Gene Ransom, Chief Executive Officer, MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society
Business/Economic Development Partners
BioBuzz
BioHealth Innovation
BioMaryland Center
Biotech Vendor Services
Breezio
CSC Leasing Company
Early Charm Ventures
Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore
Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Greater Baltimore Committee
Greater Baltimore Tech Council
Greater Washington Board of Trade
Maryland Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
Relevant Health
Sharing Science
Maryland Tech Council
Tech USA
Venture Tech Corporation
VWR International
Education Partners
Biotechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc.
Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy
Johns Hopkins University
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland
Montgomery College
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
University of Maryland, College Park
University System of Maryland
Health Advocacy Groups
Access Carrol, Inc.
ALS Association – DC/MD/VA
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American Lung Association – Maryland Chapter
American Urological Association
Arthritis Foundation, Maryland/Greater DC Chapter
Asthma and Allergy Foundation, Maryland Chapter
Baltimore Medical System
Blood Bank of Delmarva
Cancer Support Foundation, Inc.
Center for Intimacy after Cancer Therapy, Inc.
Colon Cancer Alliance
Community Health Charities of the National Capital Area
COPD Foundation
Digital Nutrition, LLC
Epilepsy Association of the Eastern Shore, Inc.
The Focus Foundation
Howard County Health Department Cancer Program
Huntington's Disease Society of America, Mid-Atlantic Region
Immune Deficiency Foundation
Institute for Community Health Center Performance
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Lupus Foundation of America, DC/MD/VA Chapter
Maryland Association of Osteopathic Physicians
Maryland Hospital Association
Maryland Optometric Association
Maryland Pharmacists Association
MedChi (Maryland Medical Society)
METAvivor
Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers
National Association of Mental Illness – Maryland
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Maryland
National Psoriasis Foundation
Neurofibromatosis Mid-Atlantic
Organization for Rare Diseases India
Prince George’s County Medical Society
Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA)
Walgreens
WellDoc, Inc.
YMCA of Central Maryland
Labor Partners
AFSCME, Maryland Public Employees – Council 67
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Maryland and the District of Columbia AFL-CIO
Biopharmaceutical Partners
Amarex Clinical Research
American Gene Technologies
Amgen
Aragen Bioscience
Arroyo Research
AstraZeneca
BioAssay Works
Boehringer-Ingelheim
BridgePath Scientific, Inc.
Cellth Systems
DP Clinical
Eisai Pharmaceuticals
GlaxoSmithKline
Gliknik
Global Biohazard Technologies
Global Pharma Analytics
GlycoMimetics, Inc.
Immunomic Therapeutics
Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology
Kaiser Permanente
MaxCyte
MedImmune
Neurofibromatosis Mid-Atlantic
Novavax
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc
Paragon BioServices
PathoVax
Primetime Life Science, LLC
RTI International
Sequella Incorporated
Synam Vaccine
Syndicus Scientific Services
Trideum Biosciences
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Meet some of our participants at the 2017 We Work For Health Summit.
Meet some of our participants at the 2017 We Work For Health Summit.
Dr. Franco Pissani is currenty a scientist at Immunomic Therapuetics in Rockville, MD. Every day, he works in a lab to develop new medicines and treatments for American patients. Thanks to scientists like Dr. Pissani, the U.S. has successfully improved the quality and length...
Dr. Franco Pissani is currenty a scientist at Immunomic Therapuetics in Rockville, MD. Every day, he works in a lab to develop new medicines and treatments for American patients. Thanks to scientists like Dr. Pissani, the U.S. has successfully improved the quality and length of life for Americans confronting the most costly and challenging diseases.
In 2012, We Work For Health and PhRMA hosted governors at the University of Maryland BioPark in Baltimore, Maryland to discuss how states can create jobs through medical innovation.
In 2012, We Work For Health and PhRMA hosted governors at the University of Maryland BioPark in Baltimore, Maryland to discuss how states can create jobs through medical innovation.
