Description La Jolla Pharmaceutical aims to eliminate tissue damage. The company is working to develop tissue-repair compounds based on a cell-stimulating regenerative medicine technology. It is focused on skin and lung tissue, cardiac muscle, cartilage, and bone repair. La Jolla Pharmaceutical had previously ceased most of its operations after trials of lupus candidate Riquent failed in 2009. After exploring its options, the firm began searching for new potential pharmaceutical candidates to develop. In 2011 La Jolla found a new focus when it acquired a regenerative medicine program for tissue repair from private research firm GliaMed.
La Jolla Pharmaceutical has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The La Jolla Pharmaceutical employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 35% of employees would recommend working at La Jolla Pharmaceutical to a friend. This is based on 20 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
25% of job seekers rate their interview experience at La Jolla Pharmaceutical as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at La Jolla Pharmaceutical.