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Life Sciences
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The Milken Institute named San Diego the number one biotech cluster in the United States in 2004. That ranking is based upon San Diego’s climate of innovation, and its success in bringing products to market, establishing new companies, and creating jobs. Major companies with a San Diego presence include Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Invitrogen, Gen-Probe, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, Biogen Idec, Nanogen, Isis and Diversa Corporation. San Diego is famous for the spirit of collaboration among its world-class universities, research institutes, community colleges, non-profit organizations and business community.
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| BIOTECHNOLOGY/BIOMEDICAL PRODUCTS WAGE DATA (Medians) |
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| BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER |
$90,729 |
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| BIOCHEMIST/BIOPHYSICIST |
$70,768 |
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| CHEMICAL ENGINEER |
$84,947 |
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| STATISTICIAN |
$69,492 |
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| CLINICAL LAB TECHNOLOGIST |
$58,344 |
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| MICROBIOLOGIST |
$57,866 |
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| BIOTECHNICIAN |
$39,686 |
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| Source: California Employment Development Dept., 2006 |
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Facts-at-a-Glance
San Diego's life science industry, which includes biotechnology and medical devices and equipment, garnered $1.4 billion in venture capital investments in 2004 and 2005.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, MoneyTree™ Survey, 2006
San Diego's biotech cluster employs an estimated 38,934 people and has an $8.5 billion annual economic impact on the local economy.
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2005; San Diego Association of Governments, 2005
San Diego is home to more than 500 biomedical companies. Local universities and research institutions have spun-off at least 192 biotech firms.
CHI/PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2004
San Diego companies and research institutes received $860 million in National Institutes of Health funding in 2004, the second most funding among California counties.
U.S. Census Bureau, 2006
San Diego is home to 13 Nobel laureates in the sciences.
BIOCOM, 2005
Rich with Resources
The City of San Diego Science & Technology Commission -
purpose is to advise the Mayor and Council on policy and issues shaping this dynamic and exciting frontier,
and advise on continued investment in our region. http://www.sandiego.gov/science-tech/
The Salk Institute -
focused on fundamental research in biology, studying the organization and operation of the brain,
the control of gene activity, and the molecular origins of cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. http://www.salk.edu
The Scripps Research Institute -
internationally recognized for basic research into immunology, molecular and cellular biology, chemistry, neurosciences,
autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and synthetic vaccine development. http://www.scripps.edu
The Burnham Institute -
primarily focused on cancer, and a growing emphasis on studying degenerative diseases. www.burnham-inst.org
University of California, San Diego -
ranked fifth in the nation and first in the University of California system in Federal R&D funding from the National Science Foundation. Approximately 150 San Diego companies, including 63 biomedical firms, are UCSD spin-offs. In fact, these companies employ 40% of the region’s biotech workforce.
http://www.ucsd.edu
San Diego State University - for the second consecutive year, ranked as the #1 small research university in the nation among schools with 14 or fewer Ph.D. programs, based on the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index used by Academic Analytics. SDSU's highly-regarded master's of science in Regulatory Affairs is the first of its kind in the western United States and one of only three in the nation. http://www.sdsu.edu
San Diego City College - offers an intensive 18-week capstone course designed to make students job-ready for entry-level positions as biotechnicians.
http://www.city.sdccd.cc.ca.us
BIOCOM - the premier trade association for the region’s biotech industry. Well-known for its focus on public policy issues affecting biotechnology, BIOCOM hosts several events featuring notable speakers on topics pertinent to the industry.
http://www.biocom.org
City of San Diego - supports the biotechnology industry, selling bonds to create incentives for biotech companies to build new facilities.
http://www.sandiego.gov
The Neurosciences Institute - founded in 1981 as an independent, nonprofit organization by Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman, M.D., Ph.D., to emphasize the scientific "big picture" and devise and test innovative theories of how the brain works, specifically higher brain functions.
http://www.nsi.edu
La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine - specialized center for molecular medicine and a leader in innovative research and training in the areas of cancer biology, molecular immunology and vascular biology.
http://www.ljimm.org
CONNECT - globally recognized organization that fosters entrepreneurship in the San Diego region by catalyzing, accelerating, and supporting the growth of the most promising technology and life sciences businesses.
http://www.connect.org
California Healthcare Institute – founded in 1993 as an independent organization devoted to researching and advocating policy to forward the interests of California’s biomedical community.
http://www.chi.org
San Diego Venture Group - non-profit business organization whose mission is to provide an informal atmosphere that fosters ideas on how to form, fund and build new ventures.
http://www.sdvg.org
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