In 2015, the California Life Sciences Association was founded. (CLSA) was founded when the Bay Area Bioscience Association (BayBio) and the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) merged.

BayBio, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in San Francisco, was founded by a consortium of universities, public officials, educators, and bioscience executives to foster a regional climate supporting the bioscience industry in Northern California.