Novartis Biomedical Research Center in San Diego, California

Novartis broke ground on a new, state-of-the-art global Biomedical Research center in San Diego, designed to provide world-class scientific infrastructure and drug-discovery capabilities to advance the company’s pipeline for patients. 

Once operational in 2029, the approximately 466,000-square-foot facility is expected to house about 1,000 Novartis employees and integrate seamlessly with Novartis global research sites including Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Basel, Switzerland.

Key Facts About the Site

25+
years of Novartis biomedical research

history in California

~1,000
employees will call the new Innovation Center home

starting in 2029

~466K+
square feet, with a focus on

labs and technical capabilities

Building on a quarter century of R&D innovation 

Novartis first established its San Diego presence in 1999 with the founding of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), a center dedicated to advancing genomic science and accelerating innovation in drug discovery. 

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