List of 940 California-based Life Science Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Illumina NASDAQ : ILMN San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	4,372	33	30	3
Gilead Sciences NASDAQ : GILD Foster City, California, United States website	Life Science	28,754	27	24	3
Amgen NASDAQ : AMGN Thousand Oaks, California, United States website	Life Science	33,424	21	21	-
Ligand Pharmaceuticals NASDAQ : LGND Jupiter, California, United States website	Life Science	167	17	16	1
Allergan, Inc. Acquired Allergan 2015-03-17 $70.5B Irvine, California, United States	Life Science	-	17	14	3
Invitae Acquired LabCorp 2024-04-24 $239M San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	516	16	13	3
Youngevity Essential Life Sciences Private San Diego, California, United States	Life Science	-	11	11	-
Sorrento Therapeutics Public San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	63	10	9	1
Amyris Private Emeryville, California, United States website	Life Science	270	11	8	3
CareDx NASDAQ : CDNA South San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	334	8	8	-
Headlands Research PE Backed KKR 2018-01-01 Corte Madera, California, United States website	Life Science	-	8	8	-
Crown Bioscience, Inc. Private Santa Clara, California, United States website	Life Science	-	6	6	-
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Acquired Amneal Pharmaceuticals 2018-05-07 Hayward, California, United States website	Life Science	860	9	6	3
Beckman Coulter, Inc. Acquired Danaher 2011-02-07 $6.8B Brea, California, United States website	Life Science	-	5	5	-
Concentra Biosciences Private San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	-	5	5	-
Invitrogen Corp. Acquired Life Technologies Corp. 2008-11-01 Carlsbad, California, United States website	Life Science	-	7	5	2

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