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Largest Biotechnology Employers
Virginia Business
March 2003

Company Location Employees*
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Richmond 1,460
Merck & Co. Elkton 930
Covance Laboratories Vienna 500
LabCorp Richmond 400
Barr Laboratories Forest 356
LifeNet Virginia Beach 350
PRA International McLean 350
Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals Petersburg 300
American Type Culture Collection Manassas 258
United Network for Organ Sharing Richmond 237
Virginia Blood Services Richmond 217
PPD Development Richmond 200
Plastics One Roanoke 200
Fisher Diagnostics Middletown 198

*Employees in Virginia
Note: List does not include hospitals and medical schools
Data: Virginia Biotechnology Association and individual employers


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