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Biotech and Pharmaceutical Companies in the State of California

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City
Short Summary
Abbott Laboratories
Alameda
Abbott Labs is a biotech company with a wide range of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products. Abbott has their diabetes care unit in Alameda.
Advanced Cell Technology
Alameda
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. is a company engaged in the research and development of technologies for the production of transgenic animals with applications in pharmaceutical protein production and cell and organ transplant therapy.
Avigen
Alameda
Avigen is a biotech company involved in the development of gene therapy products derived from adeno-associated virus ("AAV") for the treatment of inherited and acquired diseases.
BioTime
Alameda
BioTime, Inc. is engaged in the research and development of aqueous-based synthetic solutions that may be used as plasma expanders, organ preservation solutions, or solutions to replace blood volume during low temperature surgery.
Caliper Life Sciences
Alameda
Caliper Life Sciences Corp. is a leader in lab-on-a-chip technology.
Celera
Alameda
Celera is a healthcare business that uses knowledge of human variability to provide new tests and services to personalize disease management.
Insite Vision
Alameda
InSite Vision’s focus is to be a leader in ophthalmology through the introduction of diagnostic and prognostic products and the improvement of treatments by utilizing novel therapeutic agents and drug delivery systems.
Avanir Pharmaceuticals
Aliso Viejo
Avanir Pharmaceuticals is engaged in research and development of novel therapeutic products for the treatment of viral infections, allergy, and asthma.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals
Aliso Viejo
Valeant Pharmaceuticals is involved in the discovery, development, and commercialization of products primarily focused in infectious disease, neurology, and dermatology.
Agilent Technologies
Anaheim
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology company focusing on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries.
Teco Diagnostics
Anaheim
Teco is known as a worldwide provider of high quality clinical diagnostics reagents and test kits.
Miltenyi
Auburn
Magnetic cell sorting technology (MACS) from Miltenyi Biotec is used worldwide in biomedical research areas like cancer, AIDS or autoimmune diseases and in novel biomedicine approaches such as bone marrow transplantation or gene therapy.
Aerovance
Berkeley
Aerovance is focused on developing and commercializing breakthrough medicines for respiratory and allergic inflammatory diseases.
Dynavax Technologies
Berkeley
Dynavax Technologies develops therapeutics from immunostimulatory sequences (ISS), that can be artificially synthesized and mimic the properties of bacterial DNAs in stimulating a specific type of immune response.
Plexxikon
Berkeley
Plexxikon is focused on the development of small molecule pharmaceuticals for cardio-renal disease, CNS, inflammation, metabolic disease and oncology.
XOMA
Berkeley
Xoma develops and manufactures genetically-engineered protein (including antibody) and peptide pharmaceuticals.
InterMune Pharmaceuticals
Brisbane
InterMune Pharmaceuticals, Inc., develops and commercializes innovative products for the treatment of serious pulmonary and infectious diseases and congenital disorders.
Epitomics
Burlingame
Epitomics is focused on commercial supply of monoclonal antibodies for human therapeutics development. They offer reagents, diagnostics, and contract research.
Neugenesis
Burlingame
Neugenesis is focused on recombinant protein expression, directed evolution, and combinatorial biology using the filamentous fungi Neurospora crassa.
Redwood Bioscience
Burlingame
Redwood Bioscience is focused on development of optimized biotherapeutics to extend drug half-life, improve delivery and increase potency.
Vector Labs
Burlingame
Vector Labs produces detection kits for protein and nucleic acid assays.
Invitrogen
Camarillo
Invitrogen is a major supplier of research molecular biology products.
List Biological Laboratories
Campbell
Bacterial toxins for research including cholera, pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria and botulinum toxins are among the products offered by List Biological Labs.
Invitrogen
Carlsbad
Invitrogen is a major supplier of research molecular biology products.
Isis Pharmaceuticals
Carlsbad
Isis Pharmaceuticals exploits the potential of antisense technology.
Regulus Therapeutics
Carlsbad
Regulus Therapeutics is focused on the discovery of a therapeutics based on microRNAs.
Cerus
Concord
The Cerus mission is to develop and commercialize new technologies that improve the quality and safety of the world's blood supply.
Watson Pharmaceutical
Corona
Watson Pharmaceuticals develops, manufactures and markets a comprehensive array of branded and off-patent pharmaceutical products. Watson markets its proprietary products through four divisions: Dermatological, Women's Health, Neuro-Psychiatric and Primary Care.
Durect
Cupertino
DURECT Corporation is focused on the optimization of the therapeutic effect of an agent by controlling the duration, rate and site of delivery.
AgraQuest
Davis
AgraQuest, Inc. discovers, develops, and markets safe, environmentally-friendly, and effective natural products for farm, home and public health pest management.
Vitalea Science
Davis
Vitalea Science provides Accelerator Mass Spectrometry services for exploring the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of drug candidates.
AXM Pharma
Diamond Bar
AXM Pharma produces, markets, and distributes generic injectables, capsules, tablets, liquids, and medicated skin products.
BASF
Dinuba
BASF is the worlds largest chemical company, supplying and developing products for many different areas of industrial processses and life sciences.
SuperGen
Dublin
SuperGen is an emerging pharmaceutical company whose mission is to prolong, improve the quality of, and ultimately save the lives of those people afflicted with life-threatening diseases, especially cancer.
Agilent Technologies
El Segundo
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology company focusing on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries.
aaiPharma
Emeryville
aaiPharma is involved in the acquisition, improvement, and marketing of branded medicines primarily in pain management and critical care.
Adamas Pharmaceuticals
Emeryville
Adamas Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing small molecule therapeutics to treat neurological and infectious diseases, including influenza A.
Bayer
Emeryville
Bayer develops and markets various drugs and chemicals.
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals
Emeryville
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing anti-infective compounds for the treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections.
Peplin
Emeryville
Peplin is focused on advancing and commercializing dermatology products.
Tethys Bioscience
Emeryville
Tethys Bioscience is focused on biomarkers to predict, diagnose, and direct treatment of chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
Gilead Sciences
Foster City
Gilead has a broad-based focus in infectious disease, including antivirals, antifungals and antibiotics, as well as a specialized focus in oncology.
Invitrogen
Foster City
Invitrogen is a major supplier of research molecular biology products.
SciClone Pharmaceuticals
Foster City
SciClone has focused their current product development and commercial activities on the following diseases: hepatitis C, hepatitis B, hepatocellular carcinoma, malignant melanoma, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, and cystic fibrosis.
Amgen
Fremont
Amgen develops therapeutic proteins in oncology/hematopoiesis, inflammation, and neurobiology/endocrinology.
Arbor Vita Corporation
Fremont
Arbor Vita Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs and diagnostics addressing disease through PDZ proteins.
ARYx Therapeutics
Fremont
ARYx is focused on improving the safety of oral therapies for chronic disease by employing retrometabolic drug design.
Baxter Healthcare
Fremont
Baxter is a global leader in delivering critical therapies for life-threatening conditions. All Baxter technologies are related to the blood and circulatory system. Baxter has manufacturing in Fremont.
Idexx Laboratories
Fremont
Idexx Laboratories, Inc. is a world leader in providing diagnostic, detection, and information products to the animal health industry as well as quality assurance products and services to the dairy and water industries.
Scios
Fremont
Scios maintains a proprietary research and development focus on cardiorenal disorders.
Spectrum Quality Products
Gardena
Spectrum Quality Products is a customer-focused manufacturer and distributor of high quality chemicals, safety products and lab equipment for the laboratory and manufacturing facility.
Acologix
Hayward
Acologix is focused on the identification, development and commercialization of revolutionary therapies for the treatment of osteo-renal diseases.
Aradigm
Hayward
Aradigm is a drug delivery company that is involved in the development and commercialization of products for inhaled delivery to and through the lung and needle-free access to the subcutaneous layer.
Baxter Healthcare
Hayward
Baxter is a global leader in delivering critical therapies for life-threatening conditions. All Baxter technologies are related to the blood and circulatory system. Baxter has manufacturing in Hayward.
Cell Genesys
Hayward
Cell Genesys is focused on the development and commercialization of gene therapies to treat major life-threatening diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Impax Laboratories

Hayward

Impax Laboratories is involved in the development, manufacturing and marketing of prescription pharmaceutical products utilizing formulation expertise and unique drug delivery technologies.
Invitrogen
Hayward
Invitrogen is a major supplier of research molecular biology products.
MedImmune

Hayward

MedImmune is a biotechnology company formed to market products for infectious diseases and transplantation medicine.
Metabolex
Hayward
Metabolex is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of diabetes and related metabolic diseases.
Bio-Rad
Hercules
Bio-Rad Laboratories develops, manufactures, distributes and services over 5,000 different products, from specialized materials and reagents to fully-automated analytical instrument systems.
HTD Biosystems
Hercules
HTD Biosystems is a contract laboratory focused on formulation of proteins, peptides, liposomes and vaccines.
Charles River Laboratories
Hollister
Charles River Laboratories is a global provider of solutions that advance the drug discovery and development process. Charles River Laboratories is the largest laboratory animal production company in the world, and also offers a number of preclinical and clinical support capabilities.
Teknova
Hollister
Teknova is focused on providing reagents and media to the microbiology and molecular biology research market.
Allergan
Irvine
Allergan develops and commercializes products in the eye care pharmaceutical, ophthalmic surgical device, over-the-counter contact lens care, movement disorder, and dermatological markets.
Anabolic Laboratories
Irvine
Anabolic Laboratories is involved in the manufacture of nutritional supplements and prescription and over the counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals.
Antigen Discovey, Inc.
Irvine
Antigen Discovery, Inc.'s high throughput technology surveys mammalian immune responses in a fast and comprehensive manner.
Baxter Healthcare
Irvine
Baxter is a global leader in delivering critical therapies for life-threatening conditions. All Baxter technologies are related to the blood and circulatory system. Baxter has manufacturing in Irvine.
BioDot
Irvine
BioDot is the world's leading manufacturer of specialty equipment modules for use in the production of rapid biodiagnostic test devices.
Cobalis
Irvine
Cobalis’ current research is focused on studying the effects of cyanocobalamin on the reduction of symptoms associated with seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis. Following successful commercialization of cyanocobalmin, they plan to sponsor clinical trials into other immunoglobulin-E (IgE)-mediated allergic diseases.
Cortex Pharmaceuticals
Irvine
Cortex believes that increasing AMPA receptor activity with AMPAKINEs will provide a new approach to treating a number of central nervous system disorders.
Idexx Laboratories
Irvine
Idexx Laboratories, Inc. is a world leader in providing diagnostic, detection, and information products to the animal health industry as well as quality assurance products and services to the dairy and water industries.
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
Irvine
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that acquires, develops and commercializes a diversified portfolio of oncology and other drug candidates.
US Labs
Irvine
US LABS is a leading esoteric oncology and hematopathology laboratory focused on quality, innovation, and client services.
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals
Laguna Hills
Angiotech pharmaceuticals is involved in the development and comercialization of drug-eluting medical devices and biomaterials.
Ambrx
La Jolla
Ambrx is engineering proteins with new amino acid building blocks beyond the common twenty, resulting in proteins with new physical, chemical and pharmacological properties..
Anaphore
La Jolla
Anaphore is designing biologics candidates engineered on the scaffold of a fully-human serum protein that is naturally secreted as a trimeric structure of approximately 60 kilodaltons.
Celladon
La Jolla
Celladon is focused on developing molecular therapies for cardiovascular diseases.
DermTech International
La Jolla
DermTech International is focused on the development and validation of molecular tests using specimens derived from the skin.
Intellikine
La Jolla
Intellikine is focused on small molecule drugs that target signal transduction networks for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases.
Johnson & Johnson
La Jolla
Johnson & Johnson manufactures a broad range of products in the health care field. Their business is divided into three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Professional.
Orexigen Therapeutics
La Jolla
Orexigen Therapeutics is focused on the development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of obesity.
Pfizer
La Jolla
Pfizer Inc. is involved in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of prescription medicines for humans and animals worldwide.
Stratagene
La Jolla
Stratagene is a supplier of molecular biology products.
Transdel Pharmaceuticals
La Jolla
Transdel Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing non-invasive, topically delivered products.
Obagi Medical Products
Long Beach
Obagi Medical Products in involved in the development, manufacture, and marketing of prescription skin care products.
InteKrin Therapeutics
Los Altos
InteKrin Therapeutics is focused on therapeutics for neuroendocrine, metabolic, and immune disorders.
Baxter Healthcare
Los Angeles
Baxter is a global leader in delivering critical therapies for life-threatening conditions. All Baxter technologies are related to the blood and circulatory system. Baxter has manufacturing in Los Angeles.
CytRx
Los Angeles
CytRx Corporation is focused on the development and commercialization of high-value human therapeutics. Their proprietary platform technology is based on our know how in the chemistry of surface active molecules known as poloxamers and our extensive library of proprietary poloxamer compounds.
Genzyme
Los Angeles
Genzyme is a highly diversified family of companies committed to redefining patient care worldwide through the introduction of innovative products and services for major unmet medical needs.
Kendle International
Los Angeles
Kendle International is a contract research organization (CRO) that provides clinical trial management, clinical data management, statistical analysis, medical writing, regulatory consultation, and organizational meeting management and publication services to biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
Bayer
Manteca
Bayer develops and markets various drugs and chemicals.
ChemGenex
Menlo Park
ChemGenex is focused validation and application of therapeutics in diseases with genetic components.
DepoMed
Menlo Park
DepoMed is involved in the development of innovative and unique pharmaceutical products for the biopharmaceutical industry through the use of its proprietary oral drug delivery technologies.
Geron
Menlo Park
Geron is the leading biotechnology company focused on human aging.
SRI
Menlo Park
SRI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. SRI also brings its innovations to the marketplace by licensing its intellectual property and creating new ventures.
Agilent Technologies
Milpitas
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology company focusing on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries.
Johnson & Johnson
Milpitas
Johnson & Johnson manufactures a broad range of products in the health care field. Their business is divided into three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Professional.
Genzyme
Monrovia
Genzyme is a highly diversified family of companies committed to redefining patient care worldwide through the introduction of innovative products and services for major unmet medical needs.
Xencor
Monrovia
Xencor is involved in the discovery, development, and commercialization of humanized monoclonal antibodies for for inflammation and autoimmune disease.
Advenchen Laboratories
Moorpark
Advenchen Laboratories is focusing on research and development of protein tyrosine kinases (PTK) inhibitors that target the regulation of various PTK for cancer treatment.
Alexza Pharmaceuticals
Mountain View
Alexza Pharmaceuticals is a rapidly emerging pharmaceutical development company focused on acute treatment of central nervous system, or CNS conditions.
Amunix
Mountain View
The primary focus of Amunix is the design and early development of protein pharmaceuticals with an extended serum half-life, which may require less frequent administration.
Antibody Solutions
Mountain View
Antibody Solutions offers antibody development, antibody manufacture and immunoassay development. They serve biotechnology, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as universities by providing antibody products and services
Bavarian Nordic
Mountain View
Bavarian Nordic is focused on vaccines for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious diseases.
Caliper Life Sciences
Mountain View
Caliper Life Sciences Corp. is a leader in lab-on-a-chip technology.
ChemoCentryx
Mountain View
ChemoCentryx is focused on development of oral small molecule therapeutics that target either chemokine receptors or chemoattractant receptors.
MedImmune

Mountain View

MedImmune is a biotechnology company formed to market products for infectious diseases and transplantation medicine.
Pharsight
Mountain View
Pharsight Corporation provides solutions to help clinical development organizations reduce or eliminate inefficiencies in the clinical stage of development.
SanBio
Mountain View
SanBio is focused on regenerative therapies for stroke, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.
Versartis
Mountain View
Versartis is is focused on developing therapeutic proteins for the treatment of metabolic diseases and endocrine disorders.
Vivus
Mountain View
VIVUS is developing and commercializing advanced therapeutic systems for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, commonly referred to as impotence. The company's core technology, the transurethral system for erection, is based on the discovery that the urethra, although an excretory duct, can absorb certain pharmacologic agents into the surrounding erectile tissues.
Dey
Napa
Dey is a subsidiary of Merck that makes prescription drugs for the treatment of allergies and respiratory diseases.
Agilent Technologies
Newark
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology company focusing on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries.
Revance Therapeutics
Newark
Revance Therapeutics is focused on developing products in dermatology and aesthetic medicine.
Biomarin Pharmaceuticals
Novato
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. is a privately held biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, development and commercialization of carbohydrate enzyme therapeutics.
Biosearch Technologies
Novato
Custom research and supplies for Biotechnology companies.
Arriva Pharmaceuticals
Oakland
Arriva Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing anti-inflammatory therapies for treating respiratory diseases.
Becton Dickinson
Oceanside
Becton Dickinson manufactures and sells medical supplies and devices and diagnostic systems for use by healthcare professionals, research institutions, industry and the general public
Genentech
Oceanside
Genentech, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company using human genetic information to develop, manufacture and market biopharmaceuticals that address significant unmet medical needs.
BASF
Orange
BASF is the worlds largest chemical company, supplying and developing products for many different areas of industrial processses and life sciences.
Genzyme
Orange
Genzyme is a highly diversified family of companies committed to redefining patient care worldwide through the introduction of innovative products and services for major unmet medical needs.
Affymax
Palo Alto
The Affymax approach aims to streamline drug discovery through the application of miniaturized assays and high throughput drug synthesis and screening technologies.
Arresto Biosciences
Palo Alto
Arresto Biosciences is focused on medicines to treat cancer and fibrotic diseases by targeting extracellular matrix proteins.
BioMedical Translations
Palo Alto
Foreign languages (German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, etc.) translation services; specializes in the biomedical field.
Genencor
Palo Alto
Genencor develops, manufactures, and markets innovative enzymes and other biocatalysts that help our customers create new products, make industrial processes more efficient, and reduce the impact of manufacturing on the environment.
Gilead Sciences
Palo Alto
Gilead has a broad-based focus in infectious disease, including antivirals, antifungals and antibiotics, as well as a specialized focus in oncology.
Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals
Palo Alto
Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals is focused on small molecule products for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
Target Discovery
Palo Alto
Target Discovery is focused on discovery, validation, and application of protein isoforms to improve clinical diagnosis and management of disease.
Telik
Palo Alto
Telik is involved in the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs to treat cancer and other serious diseases.
Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences
Petaluma
Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences is a contract development company offering comprehensive product development and clinical trial materials (CTMs) services.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals
Petaluma
Valeant Pharmaceuticals is involved in the discovery, development, and commercialization of products primarily focused in infectious disease, neurology, and dermatology.
Agilent Technologies
Pleasanton
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology company focusing on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries.
Arcxis Biotechnologies
Pleasanton
Arcxis Biotechnologies is focused on developing elegant, integrated and compact solutions to molecular diagnostic challenges using proprietary microfluidics, advanced detection methods, streamlined sample preparation, and comprehensive automation technology.
Invitrogen
Pleasanton
Invitrogen is a major supplier of research molecular biology products.
Thoratec Laboratories
Pleasanton
Thoratec Laboratories Corporation develops, manufactures and markets devices for patients with life-threatening cardiac diseases and vascular (blood vessel) disorders.
Thoratec Laboratories
Rancho Cordova
Thoratec Laboratories Corporation develops, manufactures and markets devices for patients with life-threatening cardiac diseases and vascular (blood vessel) disorders.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals
Rancho Cucamonga
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals is involved in the development and commercialization of generic and specialty pharmaceutical products and innovative delivery systems.
Becton Dickinson
Redlands
Becton Dickinson manufactures and sells medical supplies and devices and diagnostic systems for use by healthcare professionals, research institutions, industry and the general public
Abbott Laboratories
Redwood City
Abbott Labs is a biotech company with a wide range of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products. Abbott has their vascular devices unit in Redwood City.
Facet Biotech
Redwood City
Facet Biotech is focused on monoclonal antibody development to treat cancer and immunological diseases.
InGenuity Systems
Redwood City
InGenuity™ was founded in 1998 with the goal of developing an innovative knowledge management tool that would provide timely access to relevant biological data and thus enable the life science researchers to make Better Decisions Faster™.
Maxygen
Redwood City
Maxygen is the leader in the emerging field of directed molecular evolution, a process by which novel genes are generated for commercial use.
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals
Redwood City
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing monoclonal antibodies that target cancer stem cells.
Pearl Therapeutics
Redwood City
Pearl Therapeutics is focused on developing combination therapies for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and other chronic respiratory diseases.
Threshold Pharmaceuticals
Redwood City
Threshold Pharmaceuticals is focused on small molecule drugs that take advantage of tumor hypoxia.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals
Redwood City
Valeant Pharmaceuticals is involved in the discovery, development, and commercialization of products primarily focused in infectious disease, neurology, and dermatology.
Bay Bioanalytical Laboratory
Richmond
Offers complete analytical services for companies that require chemical and structural characterization of drug substances or drug products.
Bayer
Richmond
Bayer develops and markets various drugs and chemicals.
Sangamo BioSciences
Richmond
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on the research and development of novel transcription factors for regulating human, plant and microbial genes.
Transcept Pharmaceuticals
Richmond
Transcept Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of therapeutic products in neuroscience.
Alvine Pharmaceuticals
San Carlos
Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is developing and commercializing therapeutics for autoimmune and gastrointestinal diseases. Alvine's lead product candidate is being developed to treat patients with celiac disease.
Nektar Therapeutics
San Carlos
Nektar Therapeutics is focused on developing therapeutics based on its advanced polymer conjugate chemistry technology platform.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Acadia Pharmaceuticals is an integrated drug discovery company focused on the identification of novel lead compounds for the treatment of Central Nervous Systems disorders.
Accumetrics
San Diego
Accumetrics is a biotech company focused on the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative point-of-care cardiovascular diagnostic products.
ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on proprietary product candidates primarily for the treatment of cancer.
Alliance Pharmaceutical
San Diego
Alliance's products are intended primarily for use during acute care, critical situations including surgical, cardiology, and respiratory indications.
Allylix
San Diego
Allylix has developed proprietary technology that allows it to produce terpenes at low cost.
Ambit Biosciences
San Diego
Ambit Biosciences is focused on the discovery and development of small-molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer.
Amira Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Amira Pharmaceuticals is a small molecule pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and early development of new drugs to treat inflammatory disease.
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a development pharmaceutical company focused on metabolic disorders with a concentration in diabetes.
Anadys Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Anadys Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient care by developing novel medicines for the treatment of hepatitis C.
AnaptysBio
San Diego
AnaptysBio, Inc is a therapeutic antibody company focused on the use of somatic hypermutation (SHM) for antibody discovery and optimization.
AquaBounty Technologies
San Diego
AquaBounty Technologies is focused on the application of biotechnology to improving productivity in commercial aquaculture.
Arena Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Arena Pharmaceuticals is involved in developing a broad pipeline of compounds that act on G protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs.
Becton Dickinson
San Diego
Becton Dickinson manufactures and sells medical supplies and devices and diagnostic systems for use by healthcare professionals, research institutions, industry and the general public
BioAtla
San Diego
BioAtla is a biological service company specializing in next generation protein and antibody engineering and evolution services.
Biocept
San Diego
Biocept is focused on using cell separation technology to develop diagnostic assays for personalized medicine in early detection, diagnosis and monitoring of cancer.
BioMedica
San Diego
BioMedica is focused on the development of novel gene-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other disorders.
Biogen Idec
San Diego
Biogen Idec is focused on research, development, and commercialization of products in neurology, oncology and immunology.
Biosite Diagnostics
San Diego
Biosite Diagnostics develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and cost-effective diagnostic products that improve the quality of patient care and simplify the practice of laboratory medicine.
BrainCells
San Diego
BrainCells is focused on the development and application of a proprietary neurogenic platform technology includes state-of-the-art human neural stem cell based and animal-based assays.
Cadence Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Cadence Pharmaceuticals focused on in-licensing, developing and commercializing proprietary product candidates principally perscribed and used in the hospital setting.
Calmune
San Diego
Calmune Corporation is focused on development of antibody therapeutics.
Carolus Therapeutics
San Diego
Carolus Therapeutics is focused on the development drugs to treat disorders triggered by acute and chronic inflammation.
Cato Research
San Diego
Cato Research is a global is a full-service contract research and development organization (CRO).
Celgene
San Diego
Celgene is a pharmaceutical company with a major focus on the discovery, development and commercialization of small molecules for cancer and immunological diseases.
Ceregene
San Diego
Ceregene is focused on the treatment of major neurodegenerative diseases by unique delivery of nervous system growth factors.
Charles River Laboratories
San Diego
Charles River Laboratories is a global provider of solutions that advance the drug discovery and development process. Charles River Laboratories is the largest laboratory animal production company in the world, and also offers a number of preclinical and clinical support capabilities.
ChemDiv
San Diego
ChemDiv is a contract discovery and development organization. ChemDiv is a provider of integrated discovery and development solutions focused on a chemistry platform.
Clinimetrics
San Diego
Clinimetrics Research Associates, Inc. is an international, full service contract research organization (CRO) founded in 1988 to provide clinical research support to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.
Conatus Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Conatus Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of drugs to treat liver disease
Cypress Bioscience
San Diego
Cypress Bioscience, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets medical devices and therapeutics for the treatment of certain types of immune disorders.
EMD Chemicals
San Diego
EMD Chemicals is focused on providing industrial and laboratory chemicals for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.
Exelixis
San Diego
Exelixis is a rapidly growing, well-funded, privately held biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to identify novel therapeutic targets for drug discovery by elucidating the biochemical pathways involved in human diseases.
Gen-Probe
San Diego
Gen-Probe is the recognized world leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of diagnostic products based on its patented genetic probe technology.
Genomatica
San Diego
Genomatica is focused on the development and application of it's Integrated Bioprocess Engineering Platform. This platform is an integrated suite of computational and experimental technologies used to design, create, and optimize novel high-performance microorganisms for chemical production.
Genzyme
San Diego
Genzyme is a highly diversified family of companies committed to redefining patient care worldwide through the introduction of innovative products and services for major unmet medical needs.
Halozyme Therapeutics
San Diego
Halozyme Therapeutics is a focused on products targeting the extracellular matrix for endocrinology, oncology, dermatology and drug delivery.
HUYA Bioscience International
San Diego
HUYA Bioscience International is a is focused on global co-development of novel biopharmaceutical product opportunities originating in China.
Ichor Medical Systems
San Diego
Ichor Medical Systems is focused on development of electroporation technology for the delivery of DNA drugs and vaccines.
Inovio Biomedical Corporation
San Diego
Inovio Biomedical Corporation is focused on electroporation-based delivery of DNA vaccines.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Ligand Pharmaceuticals discovers, develops and markets new drugs in the areas of cancer, skin diseases, and men's and women's hormone related diseases, as well as osteoporosis, metabolic disorders and cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases.
MabVax Therapeutics
San Diego
MabVax Therapeutics is focused on developing and commercializing vaccines and human antibodies for the treatment of cancer.
Mixture Sciences
San Diego
Mixture Sciences, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company, specializes in biomedical research and drug discovery. They use a combination of proprietary and in-licensed technologies for the discovery of therapeutic and diagnostic candidates for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and infectious diseases, including Lyme Disease. Their technologies have been validated and used by members of the academic and corporate community over the past decade.
MultiGEN Diagnostics
San Diego
MultiGEN Diagnostics is is focused on the commercialization of DNA sequencing for routine clinical diagnosis in infectious disease.
Neurocrine Biosciences
San Diego
Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience company focused on the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for neuropsychiatric, neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases and disorders.
Ocera Therapeutics
San Diego
Ocera Therapeutics is focused on the development of novel therapeutics in the areas of liver and gastrointestinal diseases.
Prometheus Laboratories
San Diego
Prometheus Laboratories is involved in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of therapeutics and diagnostics in the areas of gastrointestinal, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Santarus
San Diego
Santarus is involved in the acquisition, development, and commercialization of drugs to treat gastrointestinal diseases.
Senomyx
San Diego
Senomyx is focused on the discovery and development of flavor ingredients.
Sequel Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Sequel Pharmaceuticals is focused development of cardiovascular drug candidates.
Sequenom
San Diego
Sequenom is focused on the development of discovery, clinical research, and molecular diagnostics asstas which precisely measures the amount of genetic target material and variations therein.
Strategic Enzyme Applications
San Diego
Strategic Enzyme Applications is focused on the application of biocatalysis for the design, development and implementation of process chemistries.
Tracon Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Tracon Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of antibody and small molecule therapies for people with cancer and related diseases.
Tragara Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Tragara Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of various cancers.
VentiRx Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
VentiRx Pharmaceuticals is focused on Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, respiratory, and autoimmune diseases.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
The Company has 12 drug candidates in development to treat viral diseases, inflammation, cancer, autoimmune diseases and neurological disorders.
Vical
San Diego
Vical is involved in the discovery, research, and development of products based on their DNA delivery technologies (non-viral gene therapy) for the prevention and treatment of serious or life-threatening diseases.
Zacharon Pharmaceuticals
San Diego
Zacharon Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development small molecule therapies target the biosynthesis of glycans.
Gilead Sciences

San Dimas

Gilead has a broad-based focus in infectious disease, including antivirals, antifungals and antibiotics, as well as a specialized focus in oncology.
Amgen
San Francisco
Amgen develops therapeutic proteins in oncology/hematopoiesis, inflammation, and neurobiology/endocrinology.
FibroGen
San Francisco
FibroGen is a biotechnology company focusing on the development of innovative recombinant human/animal collagen biomaterials and novel anti-fibrotic pharmaceuticals.
Health Advances
San Francisco
Thier consulting practice focuses on helping clients aim their new medical technologies and services at attractive and attainable target markets.
Medivation
San Francisco
Medivation is focused on development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington disease and castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Napo Pharmaceuticals
San Francisco
Napo Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of pharmaceuticals for insulin resistance, metabolic disease, cystic fibrosis, and polycystic kidney disease.
Presidio Pharmaceuticals
San Francisco
Presidio Pharmaceuticals is focused on the discovery, in-licensing, development and commercialization of therapeutics for viral infections.
RTI International
San Francisco
RTI International is one of the world's leading research institutes. RTI International offers consulting and collaboration in number of research areas. Relevant to life sciences are health and pharmaceuticals, statistics, laboratory services, and chemistry services.
SARcode Corporation
San Francisco
SARcode Corporation is focused on development of small molecule lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 antagonists as a topical treatment in ophthalmology, dermatology and other inflammatory diseases.
Sirna Therapeutics
San Francisco
Sirna Therapeutics is involved in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi) technology.
VIA Pharmaceuticals
San Francisco
VIA Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of small-molecule drugs to treat cardiovascular and metabolic disease.
Agilent Technologies
San Jose
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology company focusing on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries.
Becton Dickinson
San Jose
Becton Dickinson manufactures and sells medical supplies and devices and diagnostic systems for use by healthcare professionals, research institutions, industry and the general public
Clinimetrics
San Jose
Clinimetrics Research Associates, Inc. is an international, full service contract research organization (CRO) founded in 1988 to provide clinical research support to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.
Tacere Therapeutics
San Jose
Tacere Therapeutics is focused on the development of RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of serious infectious diseases such as Hepatitis C (HCV).
Transgenomic
San Jose
Transgenomic is a global company with a core biotechnology business that includes principal technologies for DNA/RNA and protein analysis and separations.
Alpha Innotech
San Leandro
Alpha Innotech provides innovative solutions in the areas of digital imaging and laboratory automation.
Promega
San Luis Obispo
Promega Corporation is a worldwide leader in applying biochemistry and molecular biology to the development of innovative, high-value products for the life sciences.
SRI
San Luis Obispo
SRI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. SRI also brings its innovations to the marketplace by licensing its intellectual property and creating new ventures.
Epeius Biotechnologies
San Marino
Epeius Biotechnologies is focused on the development of a targeted delivery system (TDS) that can transport genes or other therapeutic agents.
Bayhill Therapeutics
San Mateo
Bayhill Therapeutics is focused on using its proprietary therapeutic BHT-DNA™ platform to develop a pipeline of novel and targeted treatment candidates to restore tolerance in patients with autoimmune diseases.
NeurogesX
San Mateo
NeurogesX is involved in the discovery and development of small molecule drugs to treat neuropathic pain.
Nile Therapeutics
San Mateo
Nile Therapeutics is a focused on developing peptide products for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Nuon Therapeutics
San Mateo
Nuon Therapeutics is focused on developing medicines to treat autoimmune disease and inflammation.
Pain Therapeutics
San Mateo
Pain Therapeutics is involved in the development of drugs for use in pain management.
BioGenex Labs
San Ramon
BioGenex develops and commercializes value-added, histopathology diagnostic reagents and systems for tumor analysis.
Abbott Laboratories
Santa Clara
Abbott Labs is a biotech company with a wide range of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products. Abbott has their hematology diagnostics and vascular devices divisions in Santa Clara.
Affymetrix
Santa Clara
Affymetrix is a leader in developing and commercializing systems to acquire, analyze and manage complex genetic information in order to improve the quality of life.
Agilent Technologies
Santa Clara
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology company focusing on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries.
MedImmune

Santa Clara

MedImmune is a biotechnology company formed to market products for infectious diseases and transplantation medicine.
Relypsa
Santa Clara
Relypsa is a focused on non-absorbed polymeric drugs for cardiovascular and renal disease.
XenoPort
Santa Clara
XenoPort, Inc. is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company that is a leader in development and application of new technologies to enhance the bioavailability of drugs by exploiting the function of specific proteins involved in active transport of molecules into and through cells.
Santa Cruz Biotechnology
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. is focused on the ongoing development of research antibodies.
Somagenics
Santa Cruz
Somagenics aims to become the premier developer of innovative DNA- and RNA-based technologies for the improvement of human health.
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals
Solana Beach
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals is focused on development of products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders.
BiPar Sciences
South San Francisco
BiPar Sciences is focused on the development of PARP inhibitors to treat multiple cancer types.
Catalyst Biosciences
South San Francisco
Catalyst Biosciences is focused on creating novel catalytic biopharmaceutical products based on engineered human proteases.
Cato Research
South San Francisco
Cato Research is a global is a full-service contract research and development organization (CRO).
Celera
South San Francisco
Celera is a healthcare business that uses knowledge of human variability to provide new tests and services to personalize disease management.
Cell Genesys
South San Francisco
Cell Genesys is focused on the development and commercialization of gene therapies to treat major life-threatening diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease.
CoMentis
South San Francisco
CoMentis is focused on the development of two technology platforms: (i) aspartic protease inhibitors and (ii) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonists and antagonists for the treatment of angiogenesis mediated or cognitive disorders.
Cytokinetics
South San Francisco
Cytokinetics is focused on the complementary missions of drug discovery and the commercialization of novel cellular bioinformatics technologies.
DiaDexus
South San Francisco
DiaDexus is a company formed as a joint venture between SmithKline Beecham Corp. and Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dedicated to the discovery and commercialization of novel molecular diagnostics.
Exelixis
South San Francisco
Exelixis is a rapidly growing, well-funded, privately held biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to identify novel therapeutic targets for drug discovery by elucidating the biochemical pathways involved in human diseases.
FibroGen
South San Francisco
FibroGen is a biotechnology company focusing on the development of innovative recombinant human/animal collagen biomaterials and novel anti-fibrotic pharmaceuticals.
Genentech
South San Francisco
Genentech, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company using human genetic information to develop, manufacture and market biopharmaceuticals that address significant unmet medical needs. (I will firm this up later with something that means more than corporate doublespeak)
Hermes Biosciences
South San Francisco
Hermes Biosciences is focused on the development of molecularly targeted nanocarrier systems for therapeutic and other medical applications.
KAI Pharmaceuticals
South San Francisco
KAI Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of products in the areas of cardiovascular, renal, and pain.
KaloBios Pharmaceuticals
South San Francisco
KaloBios is focused on the development of antibody therapeutics in autoimmunity, infectious disease, and cancer.
MacroGenics
South San Francisco
MacroGenics is focused on the develompent and commercialization of biologics for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, cancer and infectious diseases.
NGM Biopharmaceuticals
South San Francisco
NGM Biopharmaceuticals is focused on the development of treatments for metabolic diseases, such as obesity, muscle wasting and cardiovascular disease in addition to diabetes.
Nodality
South San Francisco
Nodality is focused on utilizing advanced quantitative flow cytometry to enable clinical decision making for cancer treatment.
OXiGENE
South San Francisco
OXiGENE is focused on the discovery and development of therapeutics for patients with cancer and sight-threatening eye diseases and conditions.
Pfizer
South San Francisco
Pfizer Inc. is involved in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of prescription medicines for humans and animals worldwide.
Poniard Pharmaceuticals
South San Francisco
Poniard Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development and commercialization of small molecule products for the treatment of cancer.
Portola Pharmaceuticals
South San Francisco
Portola Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and inflammation.
Rigel
South San Francisco
Rigel employs a set of unique technologies in the rapid discovery and validation of novel pharmaceutical targets, as well as in the design of therapeutic agents which regulate the function of these targets in specific disease processes.
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals
South San Francisco
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals is committed to becoming a leader in the discovery of important new pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human disease. They are doing this by applying a revolutionary new approach to drug discovery that is based on a novel chemical methodology combined with critical insights into the nature of molecular recognition between natural macromolecules and their substrates or ligands.
Sutro Biopharma
South San Francisco
Sutro Biopharma is focused on application of an Open Cell Free Synthesis (OCFS) technology which is an optimized E. coli extract for protein production.
Theravance
South San Francisco
Theravance is focused on small molecule drugs across a number of therapeutic areas with an initial focus on respiratory disease, bacterial infections and gastrointestinal disorders.
Titan Pharmaceuticals
South San Francisco
Titan Pharmaceuticals develops products for the treatment of cancer and central nervous system disorders.
Trellis Bioscience
South San Francisco
Trellis Bioscience is focused on monoclonal antibody therapeutics for infectious disease and oncology.
American Peptide
Sunnyvale
American Peptide Company is a biotech company established as a high purity source of peptides for research and clinical practices.
Bayer
Sunnyvale
Bayer develops and markets various drugs and chemicals.
Cepheid
Sunnyvale
Cepheid is an innovative company that combines the benefits of micromachining technology with recent advances in instrument technology to dramatically reduce the size of key diagnostic instrument components and subsystems.
Pharmacyclics
Sunnyvale
Pharmacyclics is a pharmaceutical company developing energy-potentiating drugs to improve radiation therapy and chemotherapy of cancer, and to enable or improve the photodynamic therapy of certain cancers and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Turner Designs
Sunnyvale
Turner Designs provides luminometers and flourometers.
Amgen
Thousand Oaks
Amgen develops therapeutic proteins in oncology/hematopoiesis, inflammation, and neurobiology/endocrinology.
Baxter Healthcare
Thousand Oaks
Baxter is a global leader in delivering critical therapies for life-threatening conditions. All Baxter technologies are related to the blood and circulatory system. Baxter has manufacturing in Thousand Oaks.
ImmunGene
Thousand Oaks
ImmunGene is focused on the development of monoclonal antibodies which modulate the immune system for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and other autoimmune diseases.
Abaxis
Union City
Abaxis produces point-of-care blood analyzers which provide clinicians with rapid blood-constituent measurements for both humans and animals.
Genentech
Vacaville
Genentech, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company using human genetic information to develop, manufacture and market biopharmaceuticals that address significant unmet medical needs.
MannKind
Valencia
MannKind is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutic products for diseases such as diabetes and cancer.
Qiagen
Valencia
Qiagen is a supplier of nucleic acid purification products.
Auspex Pharmaceuticals
Vista
Auspex Pharmacueticals is focused on substitution deuterium for hydrogen within known active molecules to create superior drug candidates with alterted therapeutic profiles.
EpitoGenesis
Walnut Creek
EpitoGenesis is focused on the development of immune enhancing adjuvants and delivery systems and robust and rapid vaccine manufacturing platforms.
Idexx Laboratories
West Sacramento
Idexx Laboratories, Inc. is a world leader in providing diagnostic, detection, and information products to the animal health industry as well as quality assurance products and services to the dairy and water industries.
Agilent Technologies
Westlake Village
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology company focusing on high-growth markets in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries.
Baxter Healthcare
Westlake Village
Baxter is a global leader in delivering critical therapies for life-threatening conditions. All Baxter technologies are related to the blood and circulatory system. Baxter has offices in Westlake Village.
Cynvenio Biosystems
Westlake Village
Cynvenio Biosystems is focused on the development and commercialization of instruments and assays to support the R&D market in life sciences.
ImmunoCellular Theraputics
Woodland Hills
ImmunoCellular Theraputics is focused on peptide based vaccine to target cancer stem cells, cellular immunotherapies to target cancer associated antigens, and monoclonal antibodies to diagnose and treat cancer.
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