CHI-California Healthcare Institute represents more than 275 leading biotechnology, diagnostics, medical device and pharmaceutical companies and public and private academic biomedical research organizations. The state's biomedical industry accounts for 268,000 California jobs and revenues from biomedical companies topped an estimated $114 billion in 2009. For more information on CHI, visit more of our website, follow us on Twitter and Facebook or call us at (858) 551-6677.
To see CHI in action, visit this site's
- Legislative Action Center for topical information on the policy issues that most affect our member community
- Industry At-A-Glance for statistical data as well as in-depth analysis of the economic, employment, trade and R&D issues affecting California's regional bioscience community
- Events Center for upcoming networking and educational opportunities
Our Mission
Our mission is to advance responsible public policies that foster medical innovation and promote scientific discovery.
Our Value
The mission of the California Healthcare Institute is to research, develop, and advocate policies and actions that promote biomedical science, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device innovation in California.
- Create a favorable environment for the state's biomedical and healthcare technology community to discover, produce, and deliver products that benefit society.
- Provide a forum to identify, analyze, and develop positions on public policy issues that affect California's biomedical and healthcare technology interest.
- Conduct research as a basis for advocating responsible state and federal policies.
- Communicate to public officials, providers, patients, and the general public the value of the state's healthcare technology community for the health and economic well-being of our nation's citizens and the economic growth of California.
- Identify and communicate the value of the products of healthcare technology with regard to cost, benefit, and patients' quality of life.
For more information on joining CHI, please call Molly Ingraham (858) 456-8884 or email Ingraham@chi.org.