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2009 Life Science Industry Statistics

Northern California Life Sciences Cluster - Highlights:

• Birthplace of Biotechnology - Genentech founded in 1976
• 9 Counties, 101 Cities, 7,000 Square Miles of Land
• 1,377 Life Science Companies
• 250,000 Direct and Indirect Employees
• 100,000 Employed in Life Sciences Directly
• $6B Wages Paid
• 560 Marketed Products
• 463 Products in Phase II and Phase III Clinical Trials
• 95 Publicly Traded Companies
• $144 Billion Market Cap
• $2.2 Billion NIH Grants Awarded to Northern California Organizations
• $860 million invested by Venture Capital firms in Northern California life sciences in 52 Deals

Source: BayBio Industry Overview 

California Life Sciences Industry Highlights:

Biotech HR Network (BHRN)

BHRN and BOLD are both membership based peer networking groups for active Human Resource professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area.  BHRN encompasses general HR role/responsibilities, while BOLD includes an Organization Development/Talent Management focus.

BHRN member communications and resources are coordinated through an online yahoo groups forum and monthly meetings. BHRN meetings are hosted by members at leading Bay Area biotech companies.

HR Related Associations

About.com: Human Resources
About.com is an online neighborhood of hundreds of helpful experts, eager to share their wealth of knowledge with visitors. Every month, over 53 million people* visit us for help with everything from health care and parenting issues to advice on travel, cooking, technology, hobbies and more. And we offer solutions in the form of over two million hand-crafted, original articles, recipes, product reviews, videos, tutorials and more. All created by our network of expert 'Guides' - real people who, like all good neighbors, help others so that everyone's life gets just a little better.
http://humanresources.about.com/

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD - www.astd.org)
ASTD is an international organization with chapters in a variety of locations including:

HR Blogs

Every industry and client group has their own favorite blogger - here are a few you might appreciate:

HR Lori – Attempting to unravel the complex world of California human resources
http://hrlori.com/

Evil HR Lady - Why am I evil? Well, I'm not, but that's the perception of all of us in HR. Need to fire someone? Come to HR. Need to explain to someone why,( even after working their rear end off all year), that their annual increase is 2.7%? Come to HR. Need to come up with new mountains of paperwork? Come to HR. So, come join me on the Evil Side. http://evilhrlady.blogspot.com/

About the Life Science Industry

For those that are not familiar with the Life Science industry, here's a primer written by MIT Doctoral Candidate Aziza Agia.

 

California’s Biotech Clusters:  Like other advanced knowledge industries, the biotechnology industry tends to cluster in areas with competitive advantage.  Most biotech research and production occurs in nine metropolitan “super clusters:” Boston; San Francisco Bay Area; San Diego; Research Triangle Park, NC; Los Angeles; Philadelphia; New York/New Jersey; Seattle; and Washington DC/Baltimore.

About Organizational Development

What is OD? Fellow BOLD member and senior HR/OD professional, Rise Cuifia, has helped her internal clients understand what OD is by using these definitions:

• Partnering between client and consultant in the interest of improving organizational culture and performance
• Use of systems thinking, process consultation, continuous improvement, and related tools in the design of operations of organizations
• The art of creating and maintaining good organizations