List of 112 Public 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
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
Sorrento Therapeutics Public San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	63	10	9	1
CareDx NASDAQ : CDNA South San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	334	8	8	-
XOMA Royalty NASDAQ : XOMA Emeryville, California, United States website	Life Science	10	5	5	-
Maravai NASDAQ : MRVI San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	259	6	5	1
Renovaro Biosciences NASDAQ : RENB Los Angeles, California, United States website	Life Science	19,597	4	4	-
CV Sciences Public San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	16	4	4	-
Sangamo Therapeutics NASDAQ : SGMO Richmond, California, United States website	Life Science	58	4	4	-
Veracyte NASDAQ : VCYT South San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	446	4	4	-
10X Genomics NASDAQ : TXG Pleasanton, California, United States website	Life Science	611	3	3	-
Bionano Genomics NASDAQ : BNGO San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	31	3	3	-
Twist Bioscience NASDAQ : TWST San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	313	3	3	-
BioMarin Pharmaceutical NASDAQ : BMRN San Rafael, California, United States website	Life Science	2,854	3	3	-

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