SoCalBio
Wine Reception in Orange
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AdvaMed
2008 MedTech conference
Sept. 21 to 24
Marriott Wardman Park
Hotel
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Recommended
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September
23 - 26
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim
20%
discount for SoCalBio
members on conference
registration with priority
code B8171SOCAL
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Featured
SoCalBio Member
Alliance
Medical Products
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Located in Irvine, CA.
Alliance Medical Products
offers cGMP contract
manufacturing &
analytical services to the
Pharma and Biotech
Industries. Alliance's facility
is fully equipped to
support early stage small
batch clinical
manufacturing up to and
including commercially
marketed products ... Learn more
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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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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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Life Science Industry
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Investor Conference |
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New
Speaker Added
- Mr.
Michael Weingarten,
Director of the National
Cancer Institute's SBIR
and STTR; program will
address the SoCalBio
Investor Conference on
September 19 about the
recently launched
"Bridge Award"
Phase II funding program
to support the
commercializing of SBIR-financed
project. Interested
conference attendees
will be granted private
meetings with Mr.
Michael Weingarten and/or Dr.
Ali Andalibi - the
Program Director of the
NCI SBIR Development
Center.
The SoCalBio Investor
Conference will showcase
over 20 emerging
life-science companies and
technologies. Click here
to see the list of
companies selected to
present at the conference
The event
will also feature Mr. Alan
Frazier (photo right),
Founder and Managing
Director of Frazier
Healthcare Ventures www.frazierhealthcare.com, as the morning
keynote speaker. Dr. Mark
Goldsmith (photo right),
Chairman, President &
CEO of Cogentus
Pharmaceuticals www.cogentus.net will
serve as the luncheon
keynote speaker.  Furthermore,
a number of breakouts are
planned to engage leading
investors and
technologists in a
dialogue focused on
bringing life-science
innovations to the
marketplace.
This is a
great opportunity for
networking, partnering
and learning about new
technology trends in
Southern California.
Reserve
your seat now to enjoy the
early-bird admission rate
at: https://www.123signup.com/
register?id=tfdhj
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Welcome to New
SoCalBio Members
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Microfabrica is the
industry leader in
manufacturing of
micrometer- and
millimeter-scale metal
components, subsystems,
and devices with features
measured in microns. The
company's breakthrough
proprietary EFAB
technology brings a new
paradigm to manufacturing
highly-miniaturized
products, offering low
cost, unprecedented
flexibility, and quick
time-to-market in a wide
range of applications that
require miniaturization,
including medical devices,
semiconductor testing,
micro- and mm-wave
electronics, inertial
sensing, and many more ... Learn more
Travis &
Company is an executive
search firm established
in 1978. It is
recognized for its
expertise in recruiting
for medical device,
pharmaceutical, biotech,
and high technology
organizations. The firm
has extensive
experience recruiting for
small- and medium-sized
growth companies, from
early-stage startups to
public firms ... Learn more
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Recent Financings
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- Microfabrica
Inc.,
a new SoCalBio member (see
above) and developer of
micro-devices for medical,
electronic and defense
applications, has raised
$22.5 million in Series B
funding. Versant
Ventures and Interwest
Partners co-led the
round, and was joined by
return backers Draper
Fisher Jurvetson, DynaFund
Ventures, Chevron
Technology Ventures and
Partech International. The
company has now raised
around $62 million in
total VC funding since its
2000 founding as MemGen.
- Glaukos
Corp. (Laguna
Hills), a developer
of devices for the
treatment of glaucoma, has
raised $35 million in
Series D funding. OrbiMed
Advisors was joined
by return backers Frazier
Healthcare Ventures,
InterWest Partners, Domain
Associates, Fjord
Ventures, Montreaux Equity
Partners and Versant
Ventures. The company had
previously raised around
$53 million since 2001
- LifeModeler,
Inc. of
San Clemente Announced
Successful Multi-Million
Dollar Private Offering.
The company offers
software that allows
product designers to
perform "virtual
prototyping" prior to
undertaking expensive
physical prototype
development. The company's
LifeMODŽ human
simulation tool is used by
the orthopedic joint
replacement community, and
in automotive, aerospace,
and sporting goods
applications.
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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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| Editor: Ahmed A.
Enany
Southern California
Biomedical Council (SoCalBio)
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