Bayer's CoLaborator: A Startup Hub In San Francisco's Biotech Cluster

Bayer is incubating startups and nurturing companies that could be the big pharma's next partners at its CoLaborator in San Francisco's Mission Bay, the heart of the region's biotech hub.

Chris Haskell, Head of Bayer AG's US Science Hub in San Francisco • Source: Bayer AG (Die Hoffotografen GmbH)

In the heart of San Francisco's biotechnology community, clustered around the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and other institutions in the Mission Bay area, Bayer AG is incubating a small group of startup companies within its research and development site.

Bayer Vice President Chris Haskell heads the company's US Science Hub in San Francisco – part of the US Innovation...