Johns Hopkins University 9601 Medical Center Drive Rockville, MD 20850 (301) 294-7004 Elaine Amir, Director, Montgomery County Campus

Established by Montgomery County in 1983, Shady Grove was the first business park in the United States to be zoned exclusively for the biotechnology and life sciences industries.  Today, it is the nucleus of the country’s third largest biotech cluster with over 200 private companies and over 45,000 professionals employed in the public and private sectors.  The 300-acre park houses healthcare facilities, research and educational centers, R & D facilities, laboratories and a business incubator.

The Shady Grove Life Sciences Center is home to some of the world’s biotech leaders including:

• EntreMed
• Invitrogen
• Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals
• Virion Systems
• The Institute for Genomic Research
• Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus at Shady Grove
• University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI)
• Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB) , a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and UMBI
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
• Maryland Technology Development Center

In addition, Human Genome Sciences and MedImmune are building their new multi-phase corporate campuses adjacent to the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center along the I-270 corridor.