Executive summary

A comprehensive approach to scientific development

Biotech Baja
Summary : Objective: What? Why? Who? How?
Where?

To bring to the state of Baja

California Mexico the research
and development operations of
the California US Biotech
Industry, providing a cost
saving and effective operation
infrastructure to all interested
parties in order to maintain
competitiveness with other
countries outside NAFTA.

WHAT
IS BIOTECHNOLOGY?
The biotechnology sector is
best understood as a group
of diverse industries with a
common link the
application of biological
scientific knowledge.
Biotechnology harnesses
cellular and bio molecular
processes to develop
technologies and products
that combat debilitating and
rare diseases, reduce our
environmental footprint, feed
the hungry, use less and
cleaner energy, and have
safer, cleaner and more
efficient industrial
manufacturing processes.

Bio Tech
California USA
26 Billion

Drug-Pharm; 15%
R an D Lab; 47%

Distrib Bio; 15%

Devic Equip; 23%

Bio Tech
Beach

The strategic value of

our region places
your business in the
center of a cost
effective high tech
market scenario, we
have in Mexico the
high quality off shore
and low cost
capabilities while at
the same a minutes
drive to one of the
most technologically
influential and
economically strong
states in America.

Biotech companies in San Diego (Top 100)

1 Acadia Pharmaceuticals
2 Accelovance
3 Accumetrics
4 ACON Laboratories
5 ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals
6 Agilent Technologies
7 Alere
8 Allermed Laboratories
9 Alliance Pharmaceutical
10 Allylix
11 Althea Technologies
12 Ambit Biosciences
13 Amira Pharmaceuticals
14 Amylin Pharmaceuticals
15 Anadys Pharmaceuticals
16 AnaptysBio
17 Apricus Biosciences
18 Aptiv Solutions
19 AquaBounty Technologies
20 Ardea Biosciences
21 Arena Pharmaceuticals
22 AVIVA Biosciences
23 Becton Dickinson
24 BioAtla
25 Biocept
26 BioMedica
27 Biogen Idec
28 Biosite Diagnostics
29 BioSurplus
30 BrainCells
31 Cadence Pharmaceuticals
32 Calmune

34 Cato Research
35 Celgene
36 Ceregene
37 Charles River Laboratories
38 ChemDiv
39 Clinimetrics
40 Conatus Pharmaceuticals
41 Cypress Bioscience
42 Cytori Therapeutics
43 eBioscience
44 EMD Chemicals
45 Exelixis
46 Gen-Probe
47 Genomatica
48 Genzyme
49 Halozyme Therapeutics
50 Harbor BioSciences
51 Helicon Therapeutics
52 Hospira
53 HUYA Bioscience International
54 IASO Pharma
55 Ichor Medical Systems
56 Illumina
57 INC Research
58 Inovio Biomedical Corporation
59 iTherX
60 Ligand Pharmaceuticals
61 MabVax Therapeutics
62 Marshall Edwards
63 MediciNova
64 MicroConstants
65 Mixture Sciences

33 Carolus Therapeutics

66 MultiGEN Diagnostics

67 Neurocrine Biosciences
68 NuVasive
69 Ocera Therapeutics
70 Optimer Pharmaceuticals
71 Pacira Pharmaceuticals
72 PAREXEL International
73 Perceptive Informatics
74 PharmaNet Development Group
75 PPD
76 PRA International
77 Prometheus Laboratories
78 Quidel
79 Quintiles
80 ResMed
81 REVA Medical
82 Santarus
83 Senomyx
84 Sequel Pharmaceuticals
85 Sequenom
86 SRI
87 Strategic Enzyme Applications
88 Synbiotics
89 Tracon Pharmaceuticals
90 Tragara Pharmaceuticals
91 Trius Therapeutics
92 VentiRx Pharmaceuticals
93 Verenium
94 Vertex Pharmaceuticals
95 Vical
96 Volcano Corporation
97 Zacharon Pharmaceuticals
98 Zogenix

Competitiveness

Competitiveness
Japan Biotech
11 billion

Scientific
and
technolog
y solutions

Services
Our comprehensive approach
serves 3 main areas
Scientific and technology
solutions. Our members have
top credentials and
experience in their fields.
Shared services. Cost
effective state of the art
installations.
Legal and commercial.
From establishing the R ad D
operations to licensing
products, commercial use
authorization and product
manufacturing and
commercialization.

Shared
services

Legal and
commerci
al

Advantages
Our excellent standing relation with government
regulatory officials and specially Mexicos COFEPRIS
which is the exact equivalent of the American FDA allows
us to handle our investigation and protocol
authorizations in a 10th of the time it would take in the
US.

Data collected in some cases can be introduced to FDA

approved trials. This allows a shorter time for us based
clinical trials.

Advantages
The Technology University of Tijuana and The
Autonomous University of Baja California have
internationally recognized faculties of engineering,
aerospace, medicine, biotech, mechatronic and
several other technological sciences. Campus Valle
de Las Palmas.

ZELOR
Conservation

RMI

Immune ET

Stem cells

Pharmaceuticals

MyoStem
Medical devices

Thank You