WASHINGTON & BAY AREA, May 9, 2017 – California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), the state’s premier public policy and business solutions organization representing the California life sciences industry, today commended the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Scott Gottlieb, M.D., as the new commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As the key federal agency … Continue reading CLSA Applauds Confirmation of Dr. Scott Gottlieb as New FDA Commissioner
For Immediate Release: Nov. 4, 2016 Community Leader Honored for Dedication to Life Sciences Education of Bay Area’s Youth at California Life Sciences Associations 2016 Pantheon DiNA Awards, Dec. 2. SAN FRANCISCO – (Nov. 3, 2016) – California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), the state’s largest and most influential life sciences advocacy and business leadership organization … Continue reading Elizabeth Schar to be Named Recipient of CLSA’s Biotechnology Educator Award for Outstanding Contributions to Ravenswood City School District
For Immediate Release: June 9, 2016 Report shows California’s life science industry is one of the leading employers in the state, creating jobs for over 280,000 people. SAN FRANCISCO – Biocom Institute and California Life Sciences Institute (CLSI) today released a joint life sciences industry workforce trends report entitled, “2016 Talent Integration: California Workforce Trends in … Continue reading Biocom Institute and California Life Sciences Institute Release 2016 California Life Sciences Sector Workforce Trends Report
According to CLSA & Biocom, Issa’s remarks dismissive of concerns of life sciences sector in San Diego and across California SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO & SAN DIEGO – Sept. 21, 2015 – California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) and Biocom delivered a letter to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) expressing disappointment with recent remarks, reported in POLITICO, regarding … Continue reading CLSA & Biocom Respond to Rep. Darrell Issa on Patent Litigation Legislation Comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 21, 2015 California Healthcare Institute Statement on AB 463 So-called “Pharmaceutical Cost Transparency Act” would stifle innovation, exclusively targets a sector providing life saving medicines SAN DIEGO – April 21, 2015 – The California Healthcare Institute (CHI), a non-profit representing more than 275 leading life sciences organizations, released the following statement by … Continue reading California Healthcare Institute Statement on AB 463
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 14, 2015 California’s Life Sciences Sector Applauds Gov. Brown on New Public-Private Precision Medicine Initiative California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine will focus on data sharing between UC System and industry to advance precision therapies San Diego, Calif. – April 14, 2015 – Sara Radcliffe, president & CEO of the California … Continue reading California’s Life Sciences Sector Applauds Gov. Brown on New Public-Private Precision Medicine Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 6, 2015 California’s Life Sciences Sector Hosts NIH Director in San Diego Biocom, California Healthcare Institute and UC San Diego host Dr. Francis Collins for Town Hall and Roundtable Discussion San Diego, Calif. – March 6, 2015 – Today, the California Healthcare Institute (CHI), Biocom and UC San Diego hosted Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the … Continue reading California’s Life Sciences Sector Hosts NIH Director in San Diego
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2015 California Healthcare Institute Spotlights Impact of Rare Diseases with Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian CHI partners with Achadjian for resolution to promote awareness of more than 7,000 rare diseases SACRAMENTO – March 2, 2015 – Today at the State Capitol, Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian (R-San Luis Obispo), in partnership with the California Healthcare … Continue reading CHI Spotlights Impact of Rare Diseases with Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 25, 2015 California Healthcare Institute Applauds Efforts to Protect FDA Budget from Sequestration Reps. Eshoo and Lance lead efforts to protect FDA from cuts to industry-paid user fees LA JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 25, 2015 – CHI-California Healthcare Institute issued the following statement in support of the FDA SOS (Safety Over Sequestration) … Continue reading CHI Applauds Efforts to Protect FDA Budget from Sequestration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 6, 2015 California Healthcare Institute, BayBio, Biocom and CONNECT Statement on Reintroduction of the Innovation Act La Jolla, San Diego & South San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 6, 2015 – CHI-California Healthcare Institute, BayBio, Biocom and CONNECT issued the following joint statement regarding the introduction of patent litigation reform legislation – H.R. … Continue reading California Healthcare Institute, BayBio, Biocom and CONNECT Statement on Reintroduction of the Innovation Act
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – November 11, 2013 – COMETRIQ¬Æ (cabozantinib) by Exelixis, Inc. will receive the 2013 BayBio Pantheon DiNA for Outstanding Product Award (Therapeutic) at the 10th Annual BayBio Pantheon Ceremony on December 5. COMETRIQ was nominated for its activity in progressive, metastatic medullary thyroid cancer, a disease state for which, until recently, there … Continue reading Exelixis, Inc. to Receive BayBio Award at 10th Annual Pantheon Ceremony
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Nov. 7, 2013 – Congresswoman Jackie Speier will receive the 2013 BayBio Pantheon DiNA for Public Support Award at the 10th Annual BayBio Pantheon Ceremony on December 5th. Congresswoman Speier worked with the industry for years as a San Mateo County Supervisor, Assembly Member, State Senator, and now as a … Continue reading Congresswoman Jackie Speier to Receive BayBio Award at 10th Annual Pantheon Ceremony
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Oct. 3, 2013 – A prolific investor, responsible for dozens of successful life science companies, and a professor, whose seminal work helped launch the biotechnology industry as we know it, are among the luminaries being celebrated at this year’s 10th annual BayBio Pantheon DiNA Awards ceremony. Sam Colella, a partner … Continue reading BayBio Announces the 10th Annual Pantheon Award Winners
SB 598 Awaits Governor’s Signature SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sept. 4, 2013 – A bill updating California’s pharmacy substitution law to allow greater patient access to more affordable FDA-approved biologic medicines is headed to the Governor’s desk after today’s overwhelming passage in the Senate in a 30 to 2 vote. Senate Bill 598, authored by Sen. … Continue reading Biosimilars Bill Secures Final Approval in California State Legislature
New Advisory Program Connects Startups to Strength and Experience of the World’s Leading Life Science Cluster SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – July 17, 2013 – A new BayBio program aims to help the most promising young Bay Area life science companies fast-track their way to funding and success by drawing on the vast and rich … Continue reading BayBio Launches Program to Fast Track Startup Funding and Success
CHICAGO, ILL. – April 23, 2013 – Monta Vista High School junior Natalie Ng was declared the winner of the 2013 International BioGENEius Challenge, the premier competition for high school students that recognizes outstanding research in biotechnology. Ng secured the victory at the 2013 BIO International Convention in Chicago, the industry’s trade conference. Two other … Continue reading Cupertino Student Wins International Science Competition
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – April 22, 2013 – – The Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes (CSBI) and Booz & Company have issued a report, entitled “Demand for Talent: Current & Projected Workforce Trends in the Life Science Industry,” which provides a snapshot of the most current and projected workforce needs within the United States’ life science industry and calls … Continue reading Where Are The Jobs? A New Report Dives Deeper
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – April 12, 2013 – BayBio today named Henry M. Gunn High School junior Emily Wang and Monta Vista High School junior Natalie Ng as the winners of the 2013 Amgen Bay Area BioGENEius Challenge, the premier competition for high school students that recognizes outstanding research in biotechnology. Next up: Wang … Continue reading BayBio Names Henry M. Gunn Junior and Monta Vista High School Junior Amgen Bay Area BioGENEius Finalists
Oct 1, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO and SAN DIEGO, Calif – October 1, 2012 – BayBio and BIOCOM, the trade associations for the Northern and Southern California life science clusters respectively, today thanked Governor Jerry Brown and Assemblyman Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) upon the signing of his AB 1277, legislation which addresses facility inspections by state … Continue reading BayBio and BIOCOM Commend Passage of AB 1277 to Reduce Redundant Facilities Inspections
Jun 19, 2012 BOSTON, Mass. – June 19, 2012 – Ten of the brightest young minds in biotech have won the U.S. National BioGENEius Challenge. The winners will now advance to compete with students from Canada and Australia in the International BioGENEius Challenge, which will take place at the 2012 Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) International … Continue reading Local Students Win National Science Competition
Mar 8, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – March 8, 2012 – More than 1,100 leaders from across California’s life sciences industry will converge on San Francisco, March 8-9, for the two-day conference CALBIO2012: Driven by Patients. The conference focus is to increase patient access to new treatments through partnering and collaborative research. For the first … Continue reading First Statewide Biotech Meeting Focuses on Patient Access, Innovation
Feb 8, 2012 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Feb. 8, 2012 – After two decades of steady annual job growth, employment in California’s biomedical industry stalled while the state has struggled to recover from financial shortfalls and the industry adapts to a sharp pullback in funding from risk-averse investors in an uncertain regulatory environment, according to the … Continue reading 2012 Report: Biomedical Industry Loses Momentum In California
Jan 10, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – Jan 10, 2012 – Access to capital, a burdensome and uncertain regulatory environment and lack of innovation and productivity in research and development are the biggest threats to the biomedical industry’s growth over the next five years, according to biomedical company CEOs surveyed by CHI-California Healthcare Institute, BayBio … Continue reading Survey of Biomedical Industry CEOs Finds Lack of Investment Threatens Future
Oct 5, 2011 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – October 5, 2011 – A recent survey of California’s pioneering industrial biotechnology sector shows that this sector has great potential for job growth in the state. California’s industrial biotechnology industry increased employment by 632 percent in the past five years, according to a survey conducted by BayBio … Continue reading California’s Industrial Biotechnology Workforce: Creating Jobs and Leading Innovation
Jul 19, 2011 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – July 19, 2011 – The San Francisco Bay Area is known for its groundbreaking work in science and technology, yet many who call the Bay Area home have little to no opportunity to experience the wonder of science. From October 29 to November 6, 2011, the public … Continue reading BayBio Supports First Annual Bay Area Science Festival: October 29-November 6, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – July 19, 2011 – The San Francisco Bay Area is known for its groundbreaking work in science and technology, yet many who call the Bay Area home have little to no opportunity to experience the wonder of science. From October 29 to November 6, 2011, the public is invited to … Continue reading BayBio Supports First Annual Bay Area Science Festival: October 29-November 6, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – June 13, 2011 – BayBio’s 60-second television vignette produced in collaboration with CBS5 on June 11 won an Emmy Award for Commercial – Single Spot or Campaign. Its BayBio’s first Emmy Award. The BayBio Image campaign, also called Behind the Science of Life, was developed to improve the public’s awareness … Continue reading BayBio Campaign Receives Emmy Award
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – April 25, 2011 – Elliott Akama-Garren, a senior at Henry M. Gunn High School, has been named a finalist in the U.S. National BioGENEius Challenge. Ten U.S. National finalists will be selected to join students from Canada and Australia to compete in the International BioGENEius Challenge. The U.S. National and International BioGENEius … Continue reading Henry M. Gunn High School Student a Finalist in Biotechnology Research Competition
BURLINGAME, Calif. – April 21, 2011– All eyes are on how to access the global market place and its resources for biotech research and development at BayBio2011: Powering Global Innovation, the annual conference for Northern California’s life science community. “Life science companies increasingly think outside US borders to develop new treatments, access markets and conduct clinical … Continue reading BayBio Targets International Markets at Annual Conference
BURLINGAME, Calif. – March 22, 2011 – BayBio is proud to present the BayBio2011 Annual Conference Career Fair, an opportunity for leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies to meet face-to-face with experienced job seekers in the Nation’s leading innovation hub. BioSpace Career Fair at BayBio2011 Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1pm to 6pm Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport … Continue reading BayBio Hosts Career Fair with BioSpace and BHRN at BayBio2011 Annual Conference
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – February 24, 2011 – Taking a queue from President Barrack Obama’s State of the Union Address and StartUp America, BayBio introduced two new programs to assist entrepreneurs and startups. “The Federal bureaucracy can raise awareness and create fiscal incentives to promote innovation, but they are looking to industry and local organizations to … Continue reading New BayBio Programs Deliver Offerings to Bay Area Entrepreneurs
Eighty percent of biomedical company CEOs in California report that their companies have been courted by other countries, state governments or regional economic development associations in the past year, according to survey findings included in the 2011 California Biomedical Industry Report, published today by the California Healthcare Institute, BayBio and PwC. Yet the survey found … Continue reading California’s Biomedical Industry is Poised
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 1, 2011—OncoMed Pharmaceuticals CEO Paul Hastings will serve another term as Chairman of the Board of BayBio, Northern California’s life sciences association. In addition, the trade association also announced the appointment of Stanford University’s Michael Alvarez as chair of the BayBio Institute. Vice Chairs to the two boards were … Continue reading BayBio Board Brings Stability to the Life Sciences Community
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – November 5, 2010 – Two new treatments made available to patients this year were recognized among the 10 recipients of DiNA‚Ñ¢ Awards at the 2010 Pantheon Ceremony on November 4. Each year BayBio presents the DiNA Awards to recognize achievement and honor excellence in the life sciences industry in Northern … Continue reading Pantheon Awardees Represent Local Influence on International Scene
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – October 15, 2010 – New functions and features assist BayBio visitors in discovering biotechnology related content at the Northern California life science association’s new websites www.baybio.org and www.baybioinstitute.org. “We began with a basic premise: simplify the experience for our visitors,” said BayBio’s Gail Maderis, president and CEO. “Our intention is to make it easier to … Continue reading BayBio Adds New Functions to Re-Designed Websites
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – September 21, 2010 – A recent survey of California’s new industrial biotechnology sector shows that this state is once again the hub of innovation for an emerging industry. California’s industrial biotechnology industry is creating new jobs for skilled workers and promises to benefit the world through new and sustainable fuel … Continue reading California’s Industrial Biotechnology Workforce: Creating Jobs and Leading Innovation