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Maryland has its very own ecosystem of life sciences companies, making the state an impressive hub for scientific innovation. Maryland’s life sciences industry not only stands out among other states, but also shines internationally. Our team, along with a delegation of 15 Maryland companies, will represent Maryland at the AdvaMed MedTech Conference on October 5-8, 2025.

The Maryland Department of Commerce is proud to sponsor the event’s Innovation Pavilion, within which select delegation members and over 100 other start-up companies will have opportunities to pitch. Below, you can learn more about the leaders behind some life sciences companies that proudly call Maryland home and find their direct contact info for those interested in partnering.

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A delegation of Maryland companies will be attending the MedTech Conference. Explore the companies and find their contact information here.

AGED Diagnostics tools can differentiate benign from advanced liver disease and simultaneously stage fibrosis (liver scarring). Their technology uses a targeted genomic sequencing assessment to measure the concentration of target biomarkers (genetic signatures) in circulation. The presence of biomarkers past a defined concentration indicates a diagnosis of liver disease (NASH) and/or fibrosis.

Contact: Rachel Zayas

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Avasys, LLC. is a contract R&D partner supporting medical device and drug delivery innovation. Our expertise lies in early-stage development, helping clients establish design controls, and leading usability and human factors testing.

Contact: Cameron Jones

EPICC Technologies is the practical and user-friendly speech and cognitive therapy app. The mobile app is designed to increase the language, speech, and cognition in individuals with neurological conditions. The program leverages practical scenarios and functional therapy to stimulate growth.

Contact: Kamilah Mantle

Esurgi, a medical technology company, aims to improve patient outcomes by providing accessible, user-friendly solutions. Their innovations include a device to decrease costs and improve chronic lower back pain outcomes, a wearable device for preventing injuries, and an accessible platform for early detection of neurological and cognitive diseases.

Contact: Payam Kamjoo

Evon Medics is a neurotech company with a rich pipeline of medical devices, diagnostics and digital therapeutics for neurological diseases. Their products are derivatives of our patented Olfactory Treatment Delivery System (OTDS) that involve chemosensory stimulation of the olfactory regions of the brain to improve and sustain neuroplasticity.

Contact: Charles Nwaokobia

Karrington Clinical Laboratory provides self collect cancer screening testing to the community along with preventative education. They also provide workforce development training to the Maryland community.

Contact: Henry Bell, Jr. MD

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Linshom Medical is first to deliver an AI enabled, wearable, FDA cleared, operating room quality respiratory profile to the patient bedside providing early warning of respiratory problems and avoiding costly rapid response activations, rescue events (codes), ICU transfers and deaths.

Contact: Richard Hughen

Lumo Imaging in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, has developed LumoScanner, the only commercially available 30-micron resolution capable Total Body Photography scanner. When combined with LumoTrack temporal lesion study software, for the first time, this system can automate mole-mapping (i.e. automatic detection of adversely transformed lesions).

Contact: Davood Tashayyod

Neurava is pioneering a first-of-its-kind AI-powered wearable platform to detect, alert, and predict seizures, cardiorespiratory dysfunctions, and stratify the risk of SUDEP, or sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Through advanced multi-modal remote patient monitoring at home, this platform has the potential to uncover new features and biomarkers indicative of elevated risk, and assess not only event frequency but severity within epilepsy, sleep apnea, and other chronic conditions.

Contact: Vivek Ganesh

Novel Microdevices has developed a rapid, portable, and affordable PCR platform that delivers lab-quality results in about 15 minutes at the point of care. Their first tests target infectious diseases, with the ability to expand into broader applications like antimicrobial resistance, cancer biomarkers, food safety, and agriculture.

Contact: Andrea Pais

Optimoz is a leading force in healthcare technology, trusted for its capability to revolutionize crucial workflows with advanced artificial intelligence. Their cloud-native platform empowers healthcare organizations with instant productivity enhancements, optimized compliance management, and significant ROI, specifically in areas like prior authorization, medical records management, and immunization management. Experience a tailored AI solution with Optimoz, crafted to address the unique complexities of the healthcare sector through explainable AI.

Contact: Naresh Patel

PicassoMD connects primary care providers and specialists for real-time clinical decision support, referrals, and care coordination. Their mission is to transition quantity care into quality care. Their vision is a connected, value-based community of providers that seamlessly collaborates to optimize patient outcomes.

Contact: Reza Sanai

Sonogen Medical is working to commercialize a transformational bone fracture healing device based on shear wave acoustics, with built-in fracture healing monitoring. They’re targeting this device at the 8-10% of patients who don’t heal properly from bone fractures – a $1.7 billion annual market.

Contact: Jason Winder

Theradaptive is a privately held, clinical-stage biologics company developing medical devices for targeted delivery of protein therapeutics in spine, orthopedics, dental, soft tissue repair, and diverse areas such as immuno-oncology. The company leverages its therapeutic delivery platform to deliver recombinant biologics to targeted areas in the body with high precision and persistence to address unmet medical needs.

Contact: Luis Alvarez

Welldoc is a digital health leader revolutionizing AI-driven cardiometabolic care. Their cost-effective, total health approach delivers flexible, multi-condition digital coaching across diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, prediabetes, and weight management including GLP-1 support.

Contact: Luis Reynolds

A woman working in a lab at Launchport in Baltimore

Maryland’s Life Sciences Sector

A woman working in a lab at Launchport in Baltimore

Life sciences companies need a robust scientific and technical community behind them. Here in Maryland, we call that community our innovation ecosystem, and it’s unlike anything else you’ll find in the U.S. What makes our ecosystem so special? Maryland is home to the FDA, NIH, and two times more federal labs than any other state. Here, find renowned universities, a highly trained scientific workforce, and initiatives designed to bolster innovation and success in life sciences.



Stefanie Trop

Director, Office of Life Sciences