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Featured
SoCalBio Member
Keck
Graduate Institute of Applied
Life Sciences 
Led by President Sheldon
Schuster,
Ph.D., the Keck Graduate Institute
of Applied Life Sciences is the
only American graduate institution
devoted solely to bioscience
education and discovery. The
Institute is the seventh and newest
member of the Claremont Colleges
consortium. Learn
more
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SoCalBio
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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Utilize
SoCalBio Resources
Looking
for professional service
providers to help you take your
venture to the next level?
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Use SoCalBio-affiliated
companies:
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KGI Executive Education
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Basics of
Patent Law
Wednesday, February 18 2009, 8A-5P,
Keck Graduate Institute
Science Boot
Camp for Non-scientists
Thursday, February 19, 2009,
8A-5P, Keck Graduate Institute
FDA Law
& Regulatory Affairs
Tuesday, February 24, 2009,
8A-5P, Keck Graduate Institute
For details, click here
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Thanks
to Attendees of the SoCalBio IVD
Industry Executive Luncheon and
Roundtable Discussion on Feb 13, 2009
at the Keck Graduate Institute of
Applied Life Sciences in Claremont
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February 26, 7:00 am - 6:30
pm
 Third SoCalBio Human
Resources Conference (Irvine Marriott):
"Leadership, Learning and
Talent Management in the New Era
of Work"
Who
should attend: Founders,
CEOs, managers, supervisors, Human
Resources professionals who are
responsible for employment issues
in the workplace, and educators
.... More info ..... RSVP Now
March
2nd, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
 SoCalBio Networking
Forum at the House Ear
Institute. Featuring:
- Tour of lab space available
for lease at House Ear
Institute (see "available
for lease" announcement
below)
- Presentation on the USC
Biomedical Research Park
- Presntations on the
frontiers of research on
combating deafness and other
hearing problems More
info .... RSVP
Now
March
26, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Lease
Several
thousand square feet of laboratory
and laboratory support space are
available for short to medium-term
lease at competitive prices.
This is ideal for startups and
early-stage companies. Click here for more
information.
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| Welcome
to New SoCalBio Member |
 NeuroMed Devices,
Inc.
(Laguna Niguel)
Founded by Dr. Leon Silverstone (photo
right), NeuroMed Devices seeks to
develop nuromodulation devices for the
treatment of a wide array of
neurological indications.... Learn more |
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Financing
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Who
Got Venture Capital in January
2009
OnBioVC tracked 35 financings for
Jan '09, up 14 from 21 deals in Dec
'08. The first month of the New Year
combined bioscience investment
proceeds totaled approximately
$534M. Jan '09 trailed Jan '08
dollars raised by more than $100M,
yet Jan '09 exceeded Dec '08
investment by some $360M. The
composite average deal size for the
first month of '09 was $18M.
Oncology therapeutics was the sector
where investment dollars were
concentrated, six deals in Jan.
totaled $95M. Dx continued to close
deals, totaling three for the month. Here
is the distribution of the number of deals
by subsegment of the bioscience
market:
- Oncology .....................
....... 6
- Device
(Diagnostic)............... 3
- Antiinfective.................
......... 2
- Device
(Delivery)................... 2
- Inflammation .................
....... 2
- Neurology ....................
........ 2
- Antibody......................
......... 1
- Atrimer.......................
.......... 1
- Cardiology ...................
........ 1
- CMO ..........................
......... 1
- CNS ..........................
.......... 1
- CRO ..........................
.......... 1
- Dermatology ..................
....... 1
- Device (Cadiology) ................
1
- Device (Catheter) ..................
1
- Device (ENT)
....................... 1
- Device (Imaging) ...................
1
- Device
(Orthopedic)................ 1
- Device (Pump) ......................
1
- Device (Spine) ......................
1
- Metabolism ...................
....... 1
- siDNA ........................
......... 1
- Telemedicine .................
...... 1
- Vaccines .....................
........ 1
........... Read report (SoCalBio
member access)
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| Restrucruring |
- NAS Medical (Chatsworth):
- Response
Genetics (Los Angeles):
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Licensing |
- Edwards Lifesciences
(Irvine):
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| Clinical
Studies |
- Aeolus
Pharmaceuticals (Mission Viejo):
- Amgen (Thousand Oaks):
- Cougar Biotechnology (Los
Angeles):
- Oxygen
Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Costa
Mesa):
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- Edwards Lifesciences
(Irvine):
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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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SoCalBio Networking
Forum in Ventura County