Life Sciences
Bench to bedside, Loma Linda adds value across the entire life sciences and biotech product lifecycle, from research and development through clinical trials, manufacturing, distribution and post-market evaluation.
A city steeped in wellness and innovation.
Since 1905 when the Seventh-day Adventist Church purchased a resort hotel and transformed it into a small hospital, the City of Loma Linda has grown and prospered around the mission of helping people live longer, healthier and more spiritually fulfilling lives. The small hospital has also grown; it is now Loma Linda University Health (LLUH), a global center of healthcare innovation. Whether it’s pioneering neonatal care, cutting-edge proton cancer therapy, ground-breaking research in nine different areas (generating more than 500 peer-reviewed articles annually), LLUH is changing outcomes and extending lives, shifting paradigms through innovations in practices and delivery.
A healthcare leader in size and service.
Today, LLUH provides care for families across the lifespan, treating more than 58,000 inpatients and nearly 1.9 million outpatients annually through six hospitals and a staff of nearly 18,000. The only tertiary care hospital in a four-county region, LLUH provides quaternary care in select specialties, allowing patients to participate in clinical trials and reap the benefits of advanced treatment in some of the nation’s largest leading clinical programs in areas such as neonatal care, stroke, neurobiology and outpatient surgery.
The City of Loma Linda is also home to the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, which serves the healthcare needs of more 76,000 Veterans.
These large patient populations, coupled with state-of-the-art clinical settings and elite medical expertise, facilitates high-impact research in diverse areas, as leading researchers and clinicians collaborate to speed and enhance the development of innovative solutions and products.
Critical research and clinical trials.
Loma Linda is the nation’s only faith-based Carnegie R2 research university focused on healthcare, and approximately two dozen research centers and institutes across LLUH’s eight schools—medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, public health, religion and behavioral health—are producing real results:
- Findings that have appeared in 695 peer-reviewed publications
- 374+ active clinical trials
World-changing innovation is ongoing in a city that welcomes and supports new life sciences solutions and products.
A talent pipeline empowered to produce.
An experienced and robust workforce transforms ideas into products through a talent pipeline that includes Loma Linda University’s annual enrollment of 4,000+, San Bernardino Valley College’s specialized healthcare and manufacturing programming, and a regional manufacturing workforce of 246,000+ within 50 miles.
Faster to launch, faster to market.
LLUH’s incubation center, n3EIGHT (pronounced “incubate”), provides the expertise and resources to guide innovators toward their goals and speed the bench-to-bedside process, while access to multiple interstate routes and airports, plus convenient proximity to global ports, assures ease of mobility and rapid product delivery to domestic and international markets.
At the center of innovation + investment.
With exports of $9.3 billion in pharmaceutical and medicine products, California is the nation’s top exporter of medical equipment and supplies, attracting $60+ million in private investment, more than any other state. The state also supports the life sciences and biotech sector with the California Research and Development tax rebate as well as a Manufacturing and R&D Sales Tax and Use exemption.