SAN FRANCISCO-Digital health leader Rock Health will move their headquarters to Mission Bay in 2013. Rock Health supports entrepreneurs working at the intersection of healthcare and technology through a startup accelerator, public events, and open-source research.
Rock Health chose Mission Bay for its proximity to both the startup hub in South of Market and the University of California, San Francisco, according to a prepared statement.
“Rock Health's move to Mission Bay comes at a critical time as San Francisco implements national health care reform and is striving to give residents more choices for healthier lifestyles,” says San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, in a prepared statement. “We are partnering with innovative companies such as Rock Health to disrupt the way we do business and, at the same time, improve the health care industry.”
He adds that “Rock Health's new proximity to UCSF doctors, entrepreneurs and scientists at our small startups, pharmaceutical companies and investors will accelerate advances in the life science, healthcare and technology industries here in San Francisco.”
Rock Health CEO Halle Tecco explains that the choice of Mission Bay “will enhance our ability to collaborate with groundbreaking researchers, clinicians, and corporate partners in our industry.”
Rock Health will establish an open and creative space designed to bring together Rock Health's network of investors, startup founders, and healthcare professionals, who are working together to make meaningful change in health through scalable, innovative, and groundbreaking technology, according to a prepared statement.
Rock Health's move from their current location at 615 Grant Ave. to Mission Bay follows on the UCSF recent announcement of the creation of a state-of-the-art Center for Digital Health Innovation, according to a statement.
The City's Mission Bay development covers 303 acres of land between the San Francisco Bay and Interstate 280. The 35-year plan for Mission Bay includes 6,000 total residential units (1,700 of which are affordable units) and 1 million square feet are allocated for the two hospitals.
The building where Rock Health will locate, 455 South Mission Bay Blvd., is owned and operated by Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.
This announcement also comes on the heels of the news of a new biotech incubator at 953 Indiana Street in San Francisco's Central Waterfront area called QB3@953 to advance QB3's work to support life science companies and create jobs in California by providing two key elements of success for startups: efficiency and networking.
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