On Sept. 26, 2025,Eli Lilly and announced the official opening of its newest Lilly Gateway Labs (LGL) site in San Diego, California, expanding its network of shared innovation hubs designed to support early-stage biotechnology companies by providing lab space and opportunities to collaborate with Lilly scientists.

The new facility, developed by and operated in partnership with Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., is located on the One Alexandria Square Megacampus in Torrey Pines. LGL San Diego features 82,514 square feet of flexibly designed laboratory and office space to accommodate up to 15 life sciences companies and more than 250 employees of LGL-based companies. 

Lilly Gateway Labs offers startups access to wet lab facilities along with tailored scientific engagement and strategic guidance to help navigate the complexities of drug discovery and development. The model is designed to accelerate progress towards key milestones by combining infrastructure with deep expertise. LGL San Diego is Lilly’s fourth U.S. Gateway Labs site, joining two locations in South San Francisco and one in Boston. The model is also expanding globally, with a newly opened LGL site in Beijing. Since the first Gateway Labs site opened in 2019, LGL-based companies have raised more than $2 billion in capital, supporting the development of 50+ therapeutics and platforms now in progress.

The companies based in Gateway Labs represent a diverse array of therapeutic approaches and disease areas, aligned with and outside of Lilly’s core focus areas. LGL San Diego has already attracted several early-stage biotechs leveraging next-generation modalities to work on some of the body’s most complex systems and difficult-to-treat diseases.

Lilly Gateway Labs is one component of Lilly Catalyze360, alongside Lilly Ventures, Lilly ExploR&D, and Lilly TuneLab which together support biotech innovation by providing access to strategic capital, lab space and technology, and research and development capabilities including advanced AI models.