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[[Qualcomm]] was founded and is headquartered in San Diego, and is one of the largest private-sector employers in San Diego.<ref name="SDLargeEmployers">{{cite news|title=City Of San Diego Largest Employers|publisher=San Diego Daily Transcript|url=http://www.sddt.com/Databases/BusinessListings/ListCompanies.cfm?BusinessCategory_ID=140|access-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> Other wireless industry manufacturers headquartered here include [[Nokia]], [[LG Electronics]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Glazer, Joyce |title=San Diego-based LG Mobile Phones donated $250,000 to the VH1 Save the Music Foundation |date=October 6, 2008 |publisher=Entrepreneur Media |url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/188738547.html |access-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/20130724024941/http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/188738547.html |archive-date=July 24, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=March 2016|reason=failed bot fix, 8/27/15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Kyocera International]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Desjardins, Doug |date=January 11, 2010 |title=Kyocera International to Get New Leader |url=http://www.sdbj.com/news/2010/jan/11/kyocera-international-get-new-leader/ |newspaper=San Diego Business Journal |access-date=March 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/20110727002955/http://www.sdbj.com/news/2010/jan/11/kyocera-international-get-new-leader/ |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=March 2016|reason=failed bot fix, 8/27/15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Cricket Communications]] and Novatel Wireless.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novatelwireless.com/index.php?option=com_qcontacts&view=contact&id=3&Itemid=93 |title=Novatel website: Corporate headquarters |access-date=April 11, 2011 |archive-date=April 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417014154/http://www.novatelwireless.com/index.php?option=com_qcontacts&view=contact&id=3&Itemid=93 }}</ref> San Diego also has the U.S. headquarters for the Slovakian security company [[ESET]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Allen, Mike|title=ESET Polishes the Apple, Now Protects Macs|url=http://www.sdbj.com/news/2010/sep/20/eset-polishes-apple-now-protects-macs/|date=September 20, 2010|work=San Diego Business Journal|access-date=March 20, 2011}}</ref> San Diego has been designated as an iHub Innovation Center for potential collaboration between wireless and the life sciences.<ref>{{cite news|title=iHub San Diego |url=http://www.business.ca.gov/Portals/0/AdditionalResources/Reports/iHub%20Writeups-San%20Diego.pdf |publisher=California Governor's Office of Economic Development |access-date=April 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718230807/http://www.business.ca.gov/Portals/0/AdditionalResources/Reports/iHub%20Writeups-San%20Diego.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> The [[University of California, San Diego]] and other research institutions have helped to fuel the growth of [[biotechnology]].<ref name="UCSDIsrael">{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Monica|title=UCSD Extension Awarded A $150,000 Grant For Biotechnology Collaboration With Israel|publisher=UCSD News|date=February 5, 2004|url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/awards/US_Israel.asp|access-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> In 2013, San Diego had the second-largest biotech cluster in the United States, below the [[Greater Boston|Boston area]] and above the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Report: San Diego 2nd in life sciences |author=Bradley J. Fikes |url=http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/12/san-diego-rises-to-second-place/ |newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune |date=February 12, 2013 |access-date=February 15, 2013 |archive-date=July 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724070319/http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/12/san-diego-rises-to-second-place/ }}</ref> There are more than 400 biotechnology companies in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sdbn.org/directory/ |title=SDBN.org |publisher=SDBN.org |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715092207/http://sdbn.org/directory/ |archive-date=July 15, 2012 }}</ref> In particular, the [[La Jolla, San Diego, California|La Jolla]] and nearby [[Sorrento Valley, San Diego, California|Sorrento Valley]] areas are home to offices and research facilities for numerous biotechnology companies.<ref name="Walcott">{{cite journal|last=Walcott|first=Susan M.|title=Analyzing an Innovative Environment: San Diego as a Bioscience Beachhead|journal=Economic Development Quarterly|date=May 2002|volume=16|issue=2|pages=99–114|doi=10.1177/0891242402016002001|s2cid=154435216|url=http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/S_Walcott_Analyzing_2002.pdf}}</ref> Major biotechnology companies like [[Illumina (company)|Illumina]] and [[Neurocrine Biosciences]] are headquartered in San Diego, while many other biotech and pharmaceutical companies have offices or research facilities in San Diego. San Diego is also home to more than 140 [[contract research organization]]s (CROs) that provide contract services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.<ref>Bigelow, Bruce V. [http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2010/01/27/san-diegos-life-sciences-cros-the-map-of-clinical-research-organizations/?single_page=true "San Diego's Life Sciences CROs—The Map of Clinical Research Organizations"], "Xconomy", San Diego, January 27, 2010.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page