This story examines how the opening of the UM BioPark could complete with, and potentially attract life sciences companies from Montgomery County.  University President David J. Ramsay, DM, DPhil; James Hughes, MBA, vice president for the office of research and development; Jane Shaab, the University's senior director of business development; Dudley Strickland, PhD, director of the Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases and professor at the School of Medicine; and David Scott, PhD, associate director of the Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases and a professor at the School of Medicine were quoted.