SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE

Biotech Bay

San Francisco and Northern California

The Biotech Bay Hotbed includes the San Francisco Bay, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and surrounding Bay Area counties, remaining a leading life-sciences hub in Northern California.

California’s life sciences success is anchored by world-class research universities (Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco) and a thriving ecosystem of biotech companies and start-ups.

The Bay Area alone supports over 150,000 direct life-science jobs. Biotech Bay is also home to industry membership associations including California Life Sciences, which is headquartered in South San Francisco.

NEWS FROM BIOTECH BAY
Illustration of businesspeople with forward progress stopped because of chasm between them and arrow pointing forward
Layoffs
Biopharmas Axed 47% More Employees Year Over Year
January 8, 2026
 · 
5 min read
 · 
Angela Gabriel
Aerial view of South San Francisco, California/iSt
Job Trends
7 Companies Hiring in South San Francisco
December 4, 2025
 · 
1 min read
 · 
Chantal Dresner
Job Trends
BioSpace 2026 Best Places to Work Spotlights Most Desirable Workplaces
November 4, 2025
 · 
7 min read
 · 
Angela Gabriel
Illustration of people being let go with hand showing them to door
Layoffs
Genentech’s Latest Layoffs Bring Total to Nearly 350 This Year
October 29, 2025
 · 
1 min read
 · 
Angela Gabriel
FEATURED COMPANIES
See the latest job opportunities in Biotech Bay
SEARCH JOBS
Photo of scientists and legal counsel in meeting
Job Trends
8 Companies Hiring Now in Regulatory
Looking for a job in regulatory? Check out the BioSpace list of eight companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.
October 23, 2025
 · 
2 min read
 · 
Angela Gabriel
Illustration showing three businesspeople hanging on the edge of a cliff
Layoffs
Q3 Layoffs Up 280% YOY With CSL, Merck, Novo’s Restructurings
October 16, 2025
 · 
4 min read
 · 
Angela Gabriel
Photo of female scientist using microscope
Job Trends
9 Companies Hiring in Oncology
October 9, 2025
 · 
2 min read
 · 
Angela Gabriel
MORE COMPANIES IN BIOTECH BAY
4D Molecular Therapeutics
Adicet Bio, Inc.
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Boehringer Ingelheim
Cresset Group
Exelixis, Inc.
IDEAYA Biosciences
Marea Therapeutics
Nurix Therapeutics
Orca Bio
Santen, Inc.
Policy
JHL Co-founders Convicted of Trade Secret Theft
August 30, 2021
 · 
2 min read
 · 
Heather McKenzie
Drug Development
The Next Generation of Treatments for Advanced Cervical Cancer
August 26, 2021
 · 
7 min read
 · 
Heather McKenzie
Business
BioSpace Movers & Shakers, Aug. 27
August 26, 2021
 · 
7 min read
 · 
Alex Keown
FDA approved Ascendis Pharma’s Skytrofa.
FDA
Ascendis Scores First Approval with Once-Weekly Pediatric GHD Injector Known as Skytrofa
August 26, 2021
 · 
3 min read
 · 
Mark Terry
Load More
MORE COMPANIES IN BIOTECH BAY
Alumis Inc.
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Biocom
California Life Sciences Association
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
Dren Bio
Dynavax Technologies
Genentech, Inc.
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Maze Therapeutics
Nicoya
Pacira Biosciences
RefleXion
Resilience
SonoThera
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
Interested in appearing on the Hotbed Maps?
Find out how your organization can be featured!
LEARN MORE