The Virginia BioTechnology Research Park is currently home to a unique mix of over 60 public and private bioscience companies, research institutes affiliated with the VCU Medical Center, and major state and national medical laboratories. Including current development, these companies are housed in nine buildings totaling more than 1.3 million square feet of space, representing an employee base that exceeds 2,700. The Park’s nationally recognized biosciences business incubation program, the Virginia Biotech Center, has successfully graduated more than 40 client companies, including three publicly traded firms. Client companies and graduates have attracted more than $400 million in equity, grant and strategic capital. The Park’s Virginia Biosciences Commercialization Center was created to assist international life sciences companies locating at the Park with commercialization activities through M&A or IPO, giving these Park’s tenants full-scale business assistance as they enter the US market. The Commercialization Center is working with 9 bioscience companies with technologies ranging from medical devices to diagnostics and therapeutics.