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Monitoring viruses: Virongy Biosciences expands at Prince William bio lab

Northern Virginia Bioscience Center [Photo: Prince William County Government]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced today that Virongy Biosciences Inc., a developer of viral diagnostic technologies, anti-viral drugs, and therapeutic viral vectors, will invest $471,000 to expand in Prince William County.

The company recently relocated to occupy over 2,000 square feet of the Northern Virginia Bioscience Center, where it will begin to develop new diagnostic technologies to M and quantify SARS-CoV-2, like the COVID-19 coronavirus, variants and other viral pathogens.

The expansion project will create up to 70 new jobs.

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