🚀 BioHub leaders unite at Women Building Bio 2025 in Roanoke! Hear how they’re building Virginia’s first collaborative resource to strengthen our bio ecosystem. 🎤 Adams | Burcham | Crow | Hastings | Newby 👉 Register: bit.ly/3Ieo15r #VaBioWBB2025

🚨 Mark your calendar for the 3rd session in our quarterly series! 📅 September 9 | 8:30 AM 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4mUO1BQ Join Virginia Bio CEO, John Newby, J.D., CAE, for an insightful conversation on the latest developments in Virginia’s biotech ecosystem.

💡 Virginia Bio member benefit! We’re teaming up with Biotechnology Innovation Organization for BIO Savings Week—a 5-day webinar series to help life science companies scale smarter + cut costs without cutting corners. 📅 Sept 8–12, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/3VihWrA

🚨 Calling all #LifeScience #Startups! 🚨 Apply by Sept 8 to pitch at #WBB2025! ✅ Share your work with attendees ✅ Get feedback from experts ✅ Learn from Elizabeth P. Pyle, ICAP VA 👉 Apply now: bit.ly/4n8zQt3

🎉 Excited to welcome Hamilton and Boss, Greater Richmond Partnership, Virginia Western and HITT Contracting to our life sciences community! 👉 Connect & celebrate their #innovation with us. #WelcomeNewMembers #LifeSciences

🚨 Virtual Coffee Chat #3! 📅 Sept 9 | 8:30 AM Join VA Bio CEO John Newby w/ guests: 👉 Joe Benevento, Pres & CEO, @VIPCVirginia 👉 Richard Chylla, Exec Dir, UVA Licensing & Ventures Group Topic: Lab to Launch – driving VA biotech from bench to market. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4mUO1BQ

🎉 Next week in Roanoke: 10 years of WBB! Leaders from across VA’s bioscience community will gather for networking, learning, and celebration, hosted by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. 📅 Sept 16–17 👉 Register & see the full schedule: bit.ly/3Ieo15r

Grateful to all who joined us for the 10th Annual Women Building Bio at @FralinVTC! 💡✨ A day of innovation, collaboration & connection in the life sciences community. Remember to #FindYourMentor, #InvestInWomen & #CelebrateTheWins!

🚨 New from The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: The #340B program has exploded beyond its intent, raising costs for us all. Today, nearly 3,000 hospitals qualify for discounts, a sharp increase from 45 in 1992. Congress must step in to #Fix340B. Read more: wsj.com/opinion/white-…

🍻 Biotech & Beer | Richmond-Petersburg Biohub 📅 ​October 16, 2025 | 🕓 4:30 – 6:30 PM 📍 Hotel Petersburg, 20 West Tabb St, Petersburg, VA Register here 👉 lnkd.in/eZhHizH5

Proud to sponsor the Accelerate Investor Conference, returning to Arlington, VA to highlight the DMV’s innovation, opportunity & potential. 🚀 Together, we’re fueling growth & connection across the region’s startup ecosystem. 🔵🟢🟡 acceleratedeals.org

DYK? 4 out of 5 Virginians agree it’s time to hold large #340B hospitals accountable & end program abuse to make sure all VA patients can get the care they need. Learn more from local rheumatologist Harry Gewanter about the need to reform 340B in @RTDNews: bit.ly/4nKwTPZ

AI can transform #biotech—but only if done right. Join @VirginiaBio & Achievion Solutions to learn how leaders turn AI pilots into scalable, compliant success stories. 🗓️ Oct 28 | 11AM 🔗 bit.ly/4qfGtMf

#340B was meant to help patients, not pad profits for large hospitals and health system middlemen. Today’s Senate HELP hearing will examine the impact of 340B abuse. Thank you, Chairman Cassidy, Senator Tim Kaine, and HELP Committee Dems Senate HELP Committee GOP, for leading on #340BReform.

New in Richmond Times-Dispatch ➡️ After another innovative biotech facility broke ground in VA last week, CEO John Newby urges lawmakers to continue prioritizing policies that will protect our booming life sciences industry and the thousands of Virginians it supports: bit.ly/4nkGZWF

Congratulations to the Commonwealth’s Governor-Elect Abigail Spanberger and all our newly elected Virginia lawmakers & officials! We’re ready to work with you to drive the continued growth of our leading biotechnology industry and protect local jobs and opportunities in Virginia.

Medicare patients wait an avg. of 5 years to access breakthrough medical products after FDA approval. Morgan Griffith must fix this by advancing legislation to accelerate coverage for innovative devices & tests. More from CEO John Newby in Cardinal News: bit.ly/4nFlksx

🚨 MedTech Innovator 2026 applications are due Dec 1! Startups gain mentorship, visibility, funding opportunities, and a global network. Apply now: medtechinnovator.org/program/

💰 Virginia life science funding now open Start your LOI before the holidays 🎄 Virginia Catalyst Grant Round 19 offers $200K–$800K in non-dilutive funding to move innovation from lab to launch. 📅 LOIs due Jan 16, 2026 🔗 lnkd.in/efWWJMUb #FundingOpportunity #LabToLaunch

📣 Save the Date: April 30 THRiVE Returns to RVA Virginia Bio’s largest conference is back, uniting the people, ideas, and innovation shaping the future of life sciences in Virginia. More details coming soon. 👀bit.ly/4s1RgLb #THRiVE2026 #Collaboration #Networking