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Medical Technology International
Palm Desert MTI provides non-invasive diagnostic products and support services for early detection and monitoring of atherosclerotic vascular disease. This is accomplished by using proprietary ultrasound image processing software and scientific methodology developed at Caltech and the Atherosclerosis Research Unit
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Biotech Demystified
The Science Behind the Business
When: June 8-10, 2009
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Momentum Weekend for Women in Life Sciences June 11-14 2009 Keck Graduate Institute
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| RSVP Now for SoCalBio Events | April 23, 7:00 - 9:30 am  SoCalBio Networking Forum (UCI University Club, Irvine)
Join Prism VentureWorks, NeoMatrix and OrthAlign to learn about "Navigating the Storm: Fund-Raising in the Current Business Environment" ... More info ..... RSVP now
June 9, 7:30 am - 5:30 pm  Regulatory Best Practices Workshop: FDA Audit Preparedness (LA Chamber of Commerce)
Learn what the latest compliance trends in recent FDA and State of California inspections from device, pharma and IVD experts. ... More info .... RSVP now
June 16, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm  Workshop on SBIR, STTR and Other Types of Government Funding Opportunities for Life Science Companies (KGI, Claremont)
Attend this SoCalBio Workshop to sharpen your grant-writing skills and learn how to tap various government funding opportunities from the NIH and DoD ...More info ....RSVP now
Upcoming Executive Luncheons and Roundtable Discussions  Only For Cardiovascular Company Executives
Date: April 20, 11 to 2 Location: Tustin
 Only For Regenerative Medicine Company Executives
Date: June 19, 11 to 2 Location: Los Angeles
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| Sectoral Outlook | Cancer Diagnostic and Therapeutic Stocks Useful statistics form Seeking Alpha on the 40 companies in the ETF Innovators Emerging Cancer Diagnostic and Therapeutic Stock Index, which is featured at BioMedReports.com in the health indexes section of the site. The index tracks the performance of micro cap stocks including those of local companies such as Immunocellular Therapeutics (Woodland Hills), Spectrum
Pharmaceuticals (Irvine) and Clarient
(Aliso Viejo) ... Read more |
| Interview |  Ex Amgen Chief Gordon Binder Contends U.S. Still Holds Keys To Drive Innovation, Despite Challenges Mr. Binder, 73, founded venture company Coastview Capital and charter firm Prime Jet after leaving Amgen. In an interview to the Investor's Business Daily from his Coastview office in Los Angeles, he explained why he sees more innovation ahead, despite concerns about government expansion ... Read interview |
| Expansion | Abraxis BioScience LLC
Acquires a 15-Acre Site in Orange County On April 7, 2009, Abraxis
BioScience, LLC , the wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Abraxis
BioScience, Inc. (Los Angeles), entered into an agreement to purchase a 15-acre site with an approximately 180,000 square foot three-story building, including 70,000 square feet of laboratory space on Hyland Avenue in Costa Mesa ... Read more |
| Competition | Allergan Braces for the Debut of Botox's Rival The Food and Drug Administration is now reviewing an application for
Reloxin, a wrinkle-fighting drug being developed by the French drug maker Ipsen and its US partner Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. of Scottsdale. Reloxin is the closest competitor to Allergan's blockbuster Botox, which has had the wrinkle-remover drug market to itself for years... Read more |
| Refocusing | Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (Long Beach) Focuses on the Physician Dispense Market and Discontinues Distribution in the Pharmacy Channel "Despite the compelling clinical evidence, distribution of a single prescription product through the pharmacy channel and the ongoing investment is simply becoming cost-prohibitive in this current economic climate," Said Obagi CEO Steve Carlson... Read more |
| Personnel | Endologix Appoints Vice President of Global MarketingThe Irvine-based developer of minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders, announces the appointment of Daniel Hawkins to the newly created position of Vice President of Global Marketing, effective immediately. Mr. Hawkins brings more than 15 years of marketing management and business development experience in the medical device and biotechnology industries... Read more |
| Jobs Available | Pathway Diagnostics(A subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics) (Malibu) Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics
(Pasadena)
Endologix (Irvine) |
| 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 |
| Editor: Ahmed A. Enany Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio) |
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