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Press Room

  • In 2007, Southern California received more than $1.79 billion in research funding from the National Institute of Health.
  • There are more than 105,000 employees in the life science community in Southern California at more than 1,800 companies in 9 countries.
  • Southern California healthcare venture capital was $1.68 billion in 2007.

Press Release

Date

BIOCOM Institute Secures Non-Profit Designation and Funding

7/30/2008

BayBio, BIOCOM and SoCalBio Establish the California Life Science Alliance

6/27/2008

BIOCOM Purchasing Group Brings in Four New Contracts

5/13/2008

BIOCOM Announces Second Annual Investor Conference

9/13/2007

Nation's Life Science Firms Report Progress With The FDA,Yet Significant Challenges Still Exist

5/23/2007

BIOCOM and BioSpace Launch Online Life Science Career Center for Southern California

4/24/07

BIOCOM Announces New Board Members

4/4/2007

BIOCOM Holds 14th Annual CALBIO Conference

2/23/2007

BIO’s and BIOCOM’s Drug|Device Summit to Highlight Trends in Healthcare Convergence

11/28/2006

IYIA Technologies, SeQual and Reva Medical Win Awards at BIOCOM’s DeviceFest

11/9/2006

BIOCOM Announces Its First Life Science Investor Conference

10/20/2006

BIOCOM Passes the 500 Member Mark

7/25/2006

BIOCOM Announces Annual Life Science Award Winners and New Board Members

6/1/2006

Governor Schwarzenegger to Deliver Address to Life Science Community at CALBIO 2006 Tomorrow

5/17/2006

BIOCOM Announces CALBIO 2006, Annual Conference will feature panels on funding strategies, Medicare

5/5/2006

BIOCOM and CONNECT Launch San Diego Life Science Accelerator

3/20/2006

California Life Science Leaders Respond to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Call to Legalize Importation of

1/6/2006

QUALCOMM's Irwin Jacobs to Speak at BIOCOM's October Monthly Breakfast

10/3/2005

Mark Cafferty Joins BIOCOM as Director of Workforce Development

9/9/2005

BIOCOM Announces New Board Officers and Board Members

3/24/2005

CITY SEEKS HEADQUARTERS FOR $3 BILLION RESEARCH INSTITUTE

3/17/2005

BIOCOM Announces CALBIO 2005

3/16/2005

BIOCOM Hires Ian Wisenberg as New Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

10/12/2004

Southern California Biotech Companies and Research Institutions Support Stem Cell Initiative

8/26/2004

Biotech Industry Applauds Governor’s New Prescription Drug Policy Efforts

8/26/2004

Biotech Community Discouraged That State Budget Offers No Life Sciences Plan

7/30/2004

BIOCOM Announces Results of 2004 Southern California Medical Technology Industry Survey

4/21/2004

SAN DIEGO LIFE SCIENCE EMPLOYEES EXCEED NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS

4/20/2004

Senator Bob Dole to Lead ‘Celebration of Life’ at BIOCOM’s Second Annual Dinner

3/23/2004

LEADING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO DISCUSS EXIT STRATEGIES AT BIOCOM QUARTERLY EVENT

2/18/2004

LIFE SCIENCE INDUSTRY BENEFITS FROM COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION EFFORTS WITH ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SA

01/20/2004

NOBEL LAUREATES AND LOCAL STUDENTS TO BE HONORED AT FIFTH ANNUAL DINNER BY BIOCOM, THE CONSULATE OF

12/3/2003

ERNST & YOUNG TO PRESENT GROWTH OUTLOOK FOR LIFE SCIENCE INDUSTRY AT BIOCOM MONTHLY BREAKFAST SERIES

11/14/2003

FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR ROBERT ELLSWORTH TO DISCUSS ASIA-PACIFIC LIFE SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES AT BIOCOM

10/17/2003

BIOCOM Brings Together 27 Companies Representing San Diego’s Regional Life Science Community at BIO

10/8/2003

GOVERNOR DAVIS SIGNS BIOCOM EDUCATION BILL INTO LAW AB 1551 authorizes the creation of the San Diego

10/1/2003