al research grants to make his case.The industry -- especially clustered in Vacaville, with companies such as Novartis, Genentech and ALZA making drugs, biotech products and medical devices -- is growing faster here than in other areas, at an annual rate of 35 percent between 2000 and 2006, far outpacing the rest of the Bay Area, generally regarded as the industry's leader, said Doug Henton, cha