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Industry
Veteran Francois Nader Will
Keynote the SoCalBio Investor
& Partnership Conference
 Dr.
Nader has served as
President and Chief Executive
Officer of NPS
Pharmaceuticals since March 2008. Before
joining NPS, Dr. Nader was a
venture partner at Care Capital,
LLC and Chief Medical Officer of
its Clinical Development Capital
unit from July 2005, to June 2006.
From 2000 to July 2005, he served
as Senior Vice President,
Integrated Healthcare Markets and
Senior Vice-President, North
America Medical and Regulatory
Affairs with Aventis
Pharmaceuticals. He also held
similar positions at Hoechst
Marion Roussel and served as Head
of Global Commercial Operations at
the Pasteur Vaccines division of
Rhone-Poulenc. Francois Nader
received a French State Doctorate
in Medicine from St. Joseph
University and a Physician
Executive M.B.A. from the
University of Tennessee... RSVP
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your firm an innovative advanced
medical technology or biotech
company interested in raising
capital, partnering your products or
technologies, or initiating
strategic alliances? If so, apply
now for a company presentation slot
during the 11th SoCalBio Investor
and Partnership Conference on Sep.
17, 2009 at the Loews Hotel in Santa
Monica. Send
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Upcoming SoCalBio
Business Mixers
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- August
27, 7:00 - 9:30 am
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 SoCalBio
Networking Forum in Irvine (UCI
University Club)
Focus: Meeting
Pricing and Reimbursement
Challenges for Device Companies in
a Changing Healthcare System ... More
Info
- September
30, 4:00 - 7:00 pm
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SoCalBio
Networking Forum in Ventura
County (Westlake Village
Inn)
Focus: Innovation
and Protecting Your Intellectual
Property in a Changing Patent
Regime ... More
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K-Space
(Beverly Hills)
Designs and manufactures accessory
devices and software for MRI and
fMRI ... Learn
more
Biological
Test Center (Irvine, CA)
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| Expansion |
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Dandreon
Plans a Prostate Cancer Vaccine
Manufacturing Facility in Seal Beach
 Encouraged
by the prospects of FDA Approval of
its prostate cancer vaccine,
PROVENGE, the Seattle-based Dandreon
planed new manufacturing facilites
in a number of locations including
the Greater Los Angeles area.
Dendreon just signed a lease
agreement on 184,000 square
feet of existing space at the
Pacific Gateway Business Park in
Seal Beach. "We are pleased to
announce that we are expanding our
manufacturing capacity with the
addition of two new facilities in
Atlanta and Los Angeles," said
Dendreon CEO Mitchell H. Gold (photo
right) in a press release.... Learn
more
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Beckman
Coulter Announces the Creation of
Beckman Coulter Genomics
The new company, which combines
Agencourt Bioscience and the newly
acquired Cogenics, offers
researchers a single genomic
services resource with expanded
global capabilities. It will based
in Beverly, Massachusetts ... Read
more
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Studies |
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AVANIR
Announces Positive Phase III Study
Results for Zenvia
Zenvia (dextromethorphan/quinidine)
is a combination of two
well-characterized compounds: the
therapeutically active ingredient
dextromethorphan and the enzyme
inhibitor quinidine, which serves to
increase the bioavailability of
dextromethorphan. This
first-in-class drug candidate is
believed to help regulate excitatory
neurotransmission in two ways:
through pre-synaptic inhibition of
glutamate release via sigma-1
receptor agonist activity and
through postsynaptic glutamate
response modulation via
uncompetitive, low-affinity NMDA
antagonist activity ... Read
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Products |
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Reverse
Medical Corporation of Irvine Receives
US FDA 510k Clearance for the ReCruit Microcatheter
for Use Including Neuro Interventional
Procedures
The
ReCruit Microcatheter is intended
to retrieve intravascular foreign
objects during interventional
radiology procedures including from
the Neurovasculature ... Read
more
The
Los Angeles-based Mind Gamz Brings
Therapy to the iPhone with
the Game Think Like a Shrink
"Think Like a Shrink is
the first true interactive therapy
game with a narrative
structure," says Mind
Gamz Director
Glennis McClellan, "prior to
this, psychology and mental health
games consisted mostly of
personality tests and quizzes. With Think
Like a Shrink, players are
invited to conduct their own
therapy sessions." McClellan
continued ... Read
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The
Woodland Hills-Based Migami, Inc.
Announces Signing of Letter of Intent
for Business Combination with BBV
Vietnam S.E.A. Acquisition Corp.
"We are delighted to have
entered into a Letter of Intent with
BBV Vietnam S.E.A. Acquisition Corp.
and are very much looking forward to
working with BBV and its industry
contacts in order to help Migami
continue Migami's development and
achieve its strategic business goals
as rapidly as possible," states
John Park, Chairman and CEO of Migami.... Read
more
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