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Althea Technologies

Biotech / Pharma · San Diego, CA

Althea Technologies was a San Diego, California-based fully integrated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing clinical and commercial manufacturing of biopharmaceutical and injectable products. The company was acquired by Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and its operations continue under the Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services brand.

Founded

Region

Greater San Diego

Investors

Boulder Ventures

People

About San Diego

San Diego is a Navy town on the Pacific, and its fleet concentration coexists with one of the country's densest biotech clusters, centered around Torrey Pines and institutions like the Salk Institute and Scripps Research. The San Diego Zoo's Frozen Zoo — a genetic preservation effort for endangered species — is a genuinely strange, genuinely real piece of the region's science identity that doesn't fit the "beach city" read at all.

Region Stats

Total firms 20

VC / investors 7

Companies 9

Universities 4

Known For

Biotech

Navy

The Frozen Zoo