List of 624 Acquired Life Science Companies in California

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
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
CrownBio Acquired Adicon 2025-11-13 $204M San Diego, 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	-
Invitrogen Corp. Acquired Life Technologies Corp. 2008-11-01 Carlsbad, California, United States website	Life Science	-	7	5	2
Kite Pharma, Inc. Acquired Gilead Sciences 2017-08-28 $11.9B Santa Monica, California, United States website	Life Science	22	5	4	1
Sientra Acquired Tiger Aesthetics 2024-04-24 $42.5M Santa Barbara, California, United States website	Life Science	81	6	4	2
Molecular Devices LLC Acquired Danaher 2010-02-01 Sunnyvale, California, United States website	Life Science	-	3	3	-
Genentech, Inc. Acquired Roche 2009-03-12 $46.8B San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	-	3	3	-
Mast Therapeutics, Inc. Acquired Savara Pharmaceuticals 2017-01-07 San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	-	3	3	-
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Acquired Mallinckrodt 2014-08-14 $5.8B Anaheim, California, United States website	Life Science	-	4	3	1
Apricus Biosciences Acquired Seelos Therapeutics 2019-01-24 San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	6	3	2	1
Galena Biopharma, Inc. Acquired SELLAS Life Sciences Group 2017-08-08 San Ramon, California, United States website	Life Science	9	3	2	1
Generate Life Sciences Acquired Cooper Companies 2021-11-10 $1.6B Los Angeles, California, United States website	Life Science	250	2	2	-
Zogenix Acquired UCB 2022-01-19 $1.9B Emeryville, California, United States website	Life Science	14	2	2	-

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