BIOCOM• Founded in 1995 to serve San Diego and

Southern California’s life science industry

• Largest regional trade association in the world with more than 550 members

• Programs in – Capital Formation– Public Policy Advocacy– Workforce Development– Member-to-Member Services

California Biotechnology• 50 million population base• 7th largest government on planet• 5th largest economy on the planet• 48% of U.S. life sciences industry• Home to 6 top medical schools• Biotechnology Companies: 2,700• Number of Biotech Jobs: 260,000• Average Employee Salary: $81,300• Economic Output in 2006: $62 billion• 2006 Wages/Salaries: $18.2 billion

Source: CHI California’s Biomedical Industry Report 2006

San Diego

• 3.5 million population base• 8th largest city in U.S.A.• No. 1 in U.S. life science industry• Home to top-ranked medical school• Most concentrated R&D center in CA • Top NIH Funding• Home of BIOCOM

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Areas of Research

• Arthritis• Bioinformatics• Cancer/Oncology• Cardiovascular• Diabetes• Gastroenterology• Infectious Disease• Neurology• Obesity• Regenerative Medicine

Training/Education Supporting Innovation

• San Diego Community Colleges

• University of California San Diego

• UCSD Extension

• San Diego State University/California State University

• University of San Diego

Home Grown Talent

• Amylin Pharmaceuticals – 1,500 employees• Arena Pharmaceuticals – 370 employees

Biosite – 1,030 employees• DJO Inc. – 3,000 employees • Gen-Probe – 925 employees• Illumina – 595 employees • Invitrogen – 4,835 employees • ResMed – 2,500 employees

Source: Rich’s Directories

A Magnet for Global Leaders• BD Biosciences – 420 employees• Biogen Idec – 485 emp., cancer center • Cardinal Health (Alaris/Pyxis) – 3,000 emp.• Elan – 350 emp. • Genentech – 500 emp.• Guidant (Temecula) – 3,000 emp.• Johnson & Johnson – 150 emp.• Lilly (AME) – 110 emp.• Novartis GNF– 500 emp.• Pfizer La Jolla – 1,350 emp., cancer center• Takeda San Diego – 120 emp.

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Source: San Diego Workforce Partnership Life Sciences in San Diego County

Biotechnology Salaries

• Management ($75,000 to $150,000)

• Scientific ($60,000 to $100,000)

• Engineers ($80,000 to $90,000)• Information Technology ($60,000 to

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Source: San Diego Workforce Partnership Life Sciences in San Diego County

Occupational Growth Rates

2002 - 2012• Biochemists and Biophysicists – 46%

• Microbiologists – 44%

• Database Administrators – 44%

• Computer Software Systems Engineers – 43%

• “Other” Computer Specialists – 42%

• Management Analysts – 40%Source: San Diego Workforce Partnership Life Sciences in San Diego County

Life Sciences in San Diego

• >500 Biotech/Pharma/Medical Device/Diagnostic Companies• Employs > 36,000 Directly; >55,000 Overall• Growth 12.3% inn 2006; 17.5% predicted in

next decade• 90% with <100 employees; Average Size <50• Industry Needs:

“Well-prepared, lab-ready and business savvy graduates”