California Life Sciences Association

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The Los Angeles region is one of California’s fastest-growing life sciences hubs, according to a California Life Sciences sector report. The CEO of BioscienceLA discusses the market’s strengths, challenges and where it might be five years from now.
California’s life sciences jobs led the nation last year, according to a new California Life Sciences (CLS) report. However, employment growth slowed and could continue slowing. CLS President and CEO Mike Guerra discusses the critical factors influencing California’s success.
For the first eight months of 2024, California had the most job postings live on BioSpace—37.7% more than Massachusetts. Last year, Massachusetts ranked No.1 for the same time period.
While many describe California as having a tough life sciences market, there’s some optimism that employment opportunities will improve soon, according to California Life Sciences President and CEO Mike Guerra.
This summer, BioSpace will release a series of reports looking at the current state of diversity and inclusion in the life sciences.
The biopharma industry strives to bring in more voices at the corporate level and clinical trials. But, there is still a long way to go, especially with companies helmed by minorities.
Pharma and biotech companies strengthen their leadership teams and boards with this week’s appointments.
Companies strengthen leadership teams with C-suite and boards of directors appointments, with new hires at Sandoz, Mission Bio, SkinBio, Epic Sciences, and more.
The California life Sciences Institutes (CLSI) recently named the winners of the 2019 Amgen Bay Area BioGENEius Challenge. This challenge is a Bay Area competition for high school students that focuses on the students’ individual research projects in the life sciences.Lori Lindburg, president and chief executive officer of CLSI, took time to speak with BioSpace about the organization and the Challenge.
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