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Opinion: San Francisco’s Mission Bay life science sector: pivoting with the times

While #MissionBay hasn't quite captured the magnitude of biotech and pharma players as has #KendallSquare in Cambridge, the growth of its life sciences industry will continue in a very Left…
An aerial shot of San Francisco

Twenty years ago, San Francisco’s Mission Bay was an industrial zone filled with shipyards and railroad tracks. It was sluggish by day and deserted by night. Today, it is a vibrant health and biotech hub that continues to evolve. A note to the media: Don’t box us in.

When my company, Bayer, relocated its California research and innovation teams to Mission Bay in 2010, the decision was

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