Bay­er clos­ing down San Fran­cis­co re­search hub as at­ten­tion turns to Berke­ley plan

Bay­er is say­ing farewell to a long­time re­search hub in San Fran­cis­co, cen­tral­iz­ing US ef­forts in the Boston area and po­ten­tial­ly leav­ing sev­er­al biotechs in its in­cu­ba­tor with­out a home.

The Ger­man drug gi­ant will shut down the “in­no­va­tion hub” and Co­Lab­o­ra­tor in­cu­ba­tor ahead of its lease ex­pir­ing in Oc­to­ber, a Bay­er spokesper­son told End­points. Once a lo­ca­tion thought of as piv­otal to Bay­er’s US plans, the San Fran­cis­co site will shut­ter af­ter more than a decade of op­er­a­tion.

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