OriGene Technologies

Takes a genome-wide approach to developing products for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic research. Its flagship product is the cDNA clone collection, a searchable gene bank of several thousand full-length human proteins. In 2010, OriGene acquired Blue Heron Biotech, and now offers complete molecular biology services, including codon optimization, gene synthesis, protein expression, and assay development.

2012 STATISTICS

3-year growth:208%

2011 Revenue:$24.8 million

2008 Revenue:$8.1 million

Employees:350

Jobs added, prev. 3 years:326

Founded:1996

Location:Rockville, MD

Industry:Health

Web site:OriGene.com

#53

Top 100 Maryland Companies

PREVIOUS INC. 5000 RANKINGS

2011

1651

2010

2177