Johns Hopkins University - Shady Grove Life Sciences Center
(301) 294-7004

In 1983, Shady Grove was the first business park in the US 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
• J. Crag Venter Institute
• Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus at Shady Grove
• Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
• Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB), a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and IBBR
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
• Shady Grove Innovation Center

In addition, Human Genome Sciences and MedImmune have corporate campuses adjacent to the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center along the I-270 corridor.