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The Southern California Biomedical Council
(SoCalBio or SCBC) is the trade association of the life-science industry in Greater Los Angeles. The mission of SoCalBio is to represent and promote medical device and biotechnology industry in Los Angeles and Orange Counties as well as adjacent communities in the Inland Empire and Gold Coast.
RSVP Now
featuring a sneak peak
at
Advances in Neuromodulation Devices
A Presentation by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation
(Valencia, CA)
Boston
Scientific's Neuromodulation business is a leading developer of
microelectronic technologies that modulate nerve activity to treat
disabling disorders, including chronic pain
May 29,
2008
4:00 – 7:00 pm
Davidson Conference
Center
University of Southern California
3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0871
RSVP: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tvpmc
SoCalBio
Hosted a Networking
Forum
on April 24 in Irvine (CA) That Focused on the Promise and Challenges of
Stem Cell Research Commercialization
Speakers representing Southern
California stem-cell companies -- from left to right: Chris Airries,
Ph.D., COO, California Stem Cell (Irvine); John
Sundsmo, Ph.D., President, PrimeGen Biotech
(Irvine); and
Oliver Foellmer, President & CEO, Capricor
(Los Angeles) -- provided the scoop on how their firms apply stem cell research
in tackling problems, such as cardiac disease or neurodegenerative disorders.
Panel pondered regulatory hurdles and fund-raising challenges, and explained why
there was so much at stake for us all. RSVP Now for Upcoming
SoCalBio Networking Forums
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Position Available @ SoCalBio
Director of Membership
Click to Apply
Coming September 19, 2008

Join us

For more information, call 213-236-4890
Do you Know?
The six-county region of Greater Los Angeles is home to over 900
medtech, biotech, pharma, nutraceutical and consmeceutical companies
employing about 85,000 people.

Welcome New Members
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Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent product safety certification organization
that has been testing products and writing Standards for Safety for over a
century. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components,
materials and systems annually with 21 billion UL Marks appearing on 72,000
manufacturers' products each year. UL's worldwide family of companies and
network of service providers includes 62 laboratory, testing and
certification facilities serving customers in 99 countries .. visit web site.
Bingham McCutchen (Costa Mesa):
A national law firm with nearly 1,000
attorneys in 13 offices. The firm represents clients in cross-border
restructurings and insolvencies, high-stakes litigation, complex financing
and regulatory matters, government affairs, and a wide variety of corporate
and technology transactions. Bingham will be represented in SoCalBio by Mr. Rob Funston
(Photo right), who leads the firm’s life-science team on the West Coast
... go to web site
- Bioplate (Los Angeles):
A medical device developer and
manufacturer offering over 150 different titanium plates, a large variety of
mesh sizes, and various sizes of self-tapping and self-drilling screws for
various Cranio-Maxillo-Facial fixation markets. Bioplate will be represented
in SoCalBio by its President Mr. Bill Lamm ... go to web site
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Rady Center for Executive Development at UCSD
(San Diego):
The Center for Executive
Development offers programs for professionals in a non-degree
format. "Biotech
Demystified" is one of
the programs offered to prepare global life-science industry professionals for new heights of
leadership. See announcement below.
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Cellestis (Valencia):
Cellestis develops and markets QuantiFERON technology products for medical diagnosis
and scientific research. The QuantiFERON technology is a patented whole blood method
for detecting cell mediated immune (CMI) responses of T cell
lymphocytes using whole blood samples.
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ATEK Medical Manufacturing (Irvine):
ATEK's capabilities include disposable and electro-mechanical
medical device development, launch, assembly, manufacturing, packaging,
labeling, microbiology services, sterilization management, supply chain
management, and distribution services.
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C3 Jian (Inglewood):
A developer of products to diagnose, treat and prevent bacterial and fungal
infections.C3's technologies are applicable to both the medical and dental
markets. Areas of focus include the eradication of bacteria that cause
cavities (dental caries infections) and targeted antimicrobial therapy for
medical microbial pathogens primarily on mucosal surfaces. C3's technologies
can be used in other applications including commercial crop infection
management, food processing, livestock and pet infections.
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Canopus Biopharma (Studio City):
A developer of pharmaceutical products and assay methods to patients
suffering from infectious disease, cancer, and addiction.
Capricor Inc.
8700 Beverly Blvd , Davis
Building, Room D-1063
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 428-5793
Capricor is a stem cell company founded by renowned Cedars Sinai-based
cardiologist and heart researcher Eduardo
Marban (photo right) to focus on repairing cardiac tissue damage.
Company will be represented in SoCalBio by its President and CEO Oliver
Foellmer
- Symphony
Medical
26051 Merit Circle, Suite 104
Laguna Hills, CA 96253
(949) 348-1188
Symphony is a venture-funded device company developing proprietary
biopolymer and cellular-based biologic therapies to effectively treat
chronic and post-operative atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Company
will be represented in SoCalBio by COO Frank Ahmann
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educational programs offered in the six
counties of the Greater Los Angeles region
SoCalBio Synergies
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Interested in submitting an article to SoCalBio Synergies?
You can submit articles on any of the following:
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Patent reform
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Legislation regarding biosimilars
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Changing device and biotech business models
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Disintegration of the vertically- integrated drug production regime
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Keeping California Competitive in Bio Business
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Accelerating Tech Transfer
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Bio Business Investment Trends
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Corporate Civic Responsibility |
Learn more about the life science industry in Greater Los Angeles

Growing the Nation’s Bioscience Sector:
State Bioscience Initiatives 2006

Growing the Nation’s Bioscience Sector:
A Regional Perspective
Economic Development Groups Join Forces to Boost Regional Bioscience Businesses
(from MX Magazine)
SCAG: New Solutions for a New Economic Environment
Survey of Biotechnology Occupations in California
"The Value of Diagnostics"
California Life Sciences Industry Action Plan
Click here for the full report
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