| Momentum
Biosciences invites you to open
house events in its Culver
City-based facilities |
The open house events will take
place on the following dates:
October 6 from 1-3 pm and
October 9 from 3-5 pm. Click
here for details
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| Recommended Events |
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Medical Technology Executive
Forum: Key Commercialization
Issues Impacting the Medical
Technology Industry
October 15, 2008
Crown Plaza Hotel - Palo Alto
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Click here for
details
Premarket Approval (PMA) and
510(k) Premarket Notification Seminar
October 16, 2008
Crown Plaza Hotel - Palo Alto
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Click here for
details
SoCalBio
members will receive $100 discount
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| Advance Your Career |
| Biotech
Demystified
Rady Center
for Executive Development, UC San
Diego
San Diego, CA
This 4-day
course provides executives and
managers with a practical
understanding of the basic science
behind the biotech and pharma
industries. This knowledge equips
high power executives to
effectively recognize and
communicate opportunities and
strategically position their
companies for success. Click to register
Fee: $4,750
with hotel, $3,750 without hotel.
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Featured SoCalBio
Member
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Located in Orange County, CA, ISTA
Pharmaceuticals is
an ophthalmic pharma company. Its products
addressing the $3.2 billion U.S.
prescription ophthalmic industry
include therapies for
inflammation, ocular pain,
glaucoma, allergy, dry eye, and
vitreous hemorrhage.
ISTA currently markets three
products: Xibrom for
the treatment of inflammation and
pain following cataract surgery, Istalol for
the treatment of glaucoma, and Vitrase for
use as a spreading agent. Click
here to learn more
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Become
a Member
Join well-known entrepreneur
Alfred Mann and other SoCalBio leaders to
promote the biotech and device
industries in the Greater Los
Angeles Metro Area for job
creation and overall economic
growth.
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| California
Life Science Alliance |
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http://www.califescience.org
- The Leadership of BIOCOM, BayBio and SoCalBio Meets
Today (September 29, 2008) at
the LA Chamber of Commerce in
Downtown Los Angeles to Forge an Agreement
on the Advocacy and Industry
Promotion Agenda of the
California Life Science Industry
Alliance.
- Members of the California
Life Science Industry Alliance
Also Meet with Representatives
of Trade and Investment Missions
from Europe, Asia, Australia,
and Central & Latin America
to Explore International
Collaboration Opportunities.
- For Background Information About
the Alliance, See:
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| New
SoCalBio Members |
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SoCalBio
Welcomes the Following New members
- Advantage
Management Solutions (Langhorne,
PA):
The
company specialize in
strategic consulting, information
technologies, decision support
tools, and business solutions. See: http://www.advantagems.com
Specializes
in medical electronics and
software development. See: http://www.hdatechnology.com
Provides market
intelligence and management
consultuing services to the
pharmaceutical and healthcare
industries. See: http://www.imshealth.com
Provides
executive search and HR services
to biotech and medical device
firms. See: http://www.mbsearch.net
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| Trends
& General Industry News |
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 AARP Study Contends
That Prices of Specialty Drugs
Rose Faster Than the Rate of
Inflation
Specialty drugs -
often sold by biotech companies,
and used to treat complex
conditions such as cancer - are
some of the most expensive
medicines on the market. As it
turns out, their already high
prices are rising much faster than
inflation, and even faster than
the prices of other prescription
drugs. http://assets.aarp.org/
rgcenter/health/2008_15_
specialty_q407.pdf
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| Local
Company Headlines |
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Grants:
- Neumedicines
Inc. (Pasadena,
CA) Is Awarded a $13
Million Contract by the
Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority (BARDA)
for the Development of a
Therapeutic Solution for the
Hematopoietic Syndrome Resulting
from Exposure to Acute Ionizing
Radiation:
http://www.neumedicines.com/
news28.shtml
Collaborations:
Product Approval/Marketing
Finance:
Personnel:
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| Do
you know? |
For information about the
SoCalBio Group Purchasing Program,
call 213-236-4890 or send
e-mail to scbc@socalbio.org
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| About
SoCalBio |
 SoCalBio membership
links you to partners, contract
manufacturers, regulatory and
legal experts, and policy makers.
The organization's programs help
emerging biotech and medical
device companies grow. Membership
is affordable -- as low as $500 --
and offers access to networking
opportunities, advocacy, discounts
through our group purchasing
program group purchasing
program and
other benefits you simply can't find
elsewhere ... Join SoCalBio
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