Take Action Now! Protect Virginia’s Leading Life Sciences Industry and Help Patients Access the Care They Need.
Virginia is a national leader in biopharmaceutical innovation. Named the number one state for business in the country by CNBC in 2024, the Commonwealth is home to 1,451 life sciences companies which generate $8 billion annually for our local economy and provide jobs to over 26,000 Virginians.
As Virginia lawmakers continue to examine potential solutions to address high health care costs, protecting our local medical innovation industry and ensuring patients can access necessary and life-changing treatments must be a top priority.
Raise your voice to protect patients and local jobs across the Commonwealth.
Act now and send a letter to your state lawmakers urging them to protect Virginia's innovation economy by rejecting policies that would negatively impact local jobs, patient access to critical medications, and the development of new treatments for Virginians and patients across the country.
Dear [LAWMAKER NAME],
As your constituent, I urge you to support policies that will protect Virginia's life sciences and biotechnology industries and ensure that patients across the Commonwealth can access necessary treatments and medications.
1,451 life sciences and biotechnology companies call Virginia home, employ over 26,500 Virginians, and generate $8 billion annually towards our local economy. Companies across Virginia support the development of innovative treatments for patients in our backyard and across the nation.
As you consider policies to address barriers to health care in the Commonwealth, I urge to you to prioritize policies that protect local jobs, maintain Virginia's role as life sciences industry leader, and support patients' ability to access to innovative and effective treatments. Any proposal that would lower health care costs for Virginians must not come at the expense of patient access to the care they need and of the Commonwealth's ability to research and develop new treatments.
Virginia needs a strong innovation ecosystem to protect patient access to lifesaving care and maintain the Commonwealth's role as a national life sciences hub. Please protect Virginia's life sciences and biotechnology industries and the patients they support.
Thank you,
[Name]
