A note from Mark Cafferty
As my mind continues to focus on the health of our community and our economy, I find so many of my conversations centering on the work of San Diego’s Life Sciences industry. Long an anchor of our region’s innovation economy, the Science and Biotech sectors are taking center stage in more ways than ever before—leading in vaccination and testing innovation, and in inbound financial investment and commercial real estate demand.
With all of this swirling around us, it is no surprise that a great deal of EDC’s work continues to focus on the growth and support of the skilled workers and quality jobs that power San Diego’s Life Sciences industry.
By the Numbers
- 950 Life Sciences companies call San Diego home
- 2.2 additional jobs are created for every job in Life Sciences
- 5.6% unemployment in San Diego
- 4 MetroConnect V finalists
Featured Stories
- Benchmark Labs relocates HQ from SF; taps into San Diego talent pool and cleantech industry
- Release: Life Sciences Talent Demand Report and Preferred Provider application
- Meet the MetroConnect finalists
- San Diego’s Data Bites: October 2021
- Meet our Board: Dr. Steven Jones
New and Renewing Investors
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities
- AT&T
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Chevron
- City of Chula Vista
- HomeFed Corporation
- Intesa Communications Group
- National University
- Northrop Grumman
- Stockdale Capital Partners
- Suffolk Construction
- University of San Diego
- Viasat
- Walmart
- WD-40