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| ONLINE SURVEY | | Keck Graduate Institute (Claremont, CA) invites you to participate in an online survey on a proposed degree program for science and engineering postdoctoral fellows interested in entering the life science industry. Click here to participate |
| Recommended Events BioEngineering Insights 2009 ------------------------------------- | 
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Join SoCalBioJoin 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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| Apply Now to Make a Presentation at the SoCalBio Investor/Partnership Conference | Is 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 an executive summary |
SoCalBio Event | - July 29, 4:00 - 7:00 pm (Ernst & Young's Office in downtown LA)
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 SoCalBio Networking Forum in Los Angeles : "Bioscience Business Models Beyond the Current Systemic Funding Drought"
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SoCalBio-Recommended Seminar | 
Presents Branding Biotech Pharma/Biotech Brand StrategyJuly 27, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, at the Skirball Center July 30, 6:30 to 9:30 at UCI
 Delivered by Sasha Strauss (photo right), an award-winning speaker and graduate professor of brand strategy at
USC, this seminar will review successful biotech, pharma and medical device company techniques for reaching your audiences, motivating sales force and creating clear and powerful brand messaging that clearly answers the question "so what does your company do?" Click here to RSVP |
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Member | John Wayne Cancer Institute (Santa Monica) A 130-employee cancer research institute dedicated to the understanding and curing of cancer in order to eliminate patient suffering worldwide. The Institute's mission is accomplished through innovative clinical and laboratory research and the education of the next generation of surgical oncologists and scientists ... Learn more LG Professionals, Inc. (Diamond Bar) Established in 2004 to provide food, beverage, diagnostic, biopharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetic industries a high level of service for their hiring needs.... Lear more TAON BIOPHARMA CONSULTING(Thousand Oaks) Provides comprehensive, systematically structured and integrated scientific, technical and risk analysis for biotech and pharma research programs. Contact founder: Dr. Thomas Schulze at 805-338-4773 or send e-mail to: thomas_j_schulze@yahoo.com |
| From the Lab Bench | Can Neuroscientists Read Your Mind with fMRI? UCLA Researchers Think It Is a Matter of Time A new study coming from a collaboration between UCLA and Rutgers university gives a glimmer of hope that mind-reading may be possible one day .... Read more |
| Trends | Big Pharma's Profits Could Be Hurt by Health Care Reform. That's One Reason Why Drugmakers Are Rushing to Scoop up Biotechs with Growth Potential Drug giants are desperate for growth and worried about the future, so they have been tripping over themselves to buy biotechs with decent profit potential -- and bidding up the share prices of the whole group in the process .... Read more |
| Product Approval/Clearance | Allergan Receives FDA Approval for ACUVAIL Ophthalmic Solution for the Treatment of Pain and Inflammation Following Cataract Surgery With
ACUVAIL, patients benefit from the drug's comprehensive inhibition of the COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes. Studies show that those enzymes should be blocked in order to inhibit the development of prostaglandins, which are considered to be the primary sources of pain and inflammation following cataract surgery ... Read more Masimo Receives FDA Clearance for New Rainbow Resposable Sensor System The new sensor system by the Irvine-based company provides continuous and noninvasive measurements of hemoglobin, oxygen content, PVI for fluid responsiveness, and
methemoglobin, in addition to oxygen saturation, perfusion index, and pulse rate .... Read more St. Jude Medical Announced FDA Approval of Two Pacemakers Featuring the Company's Wireless Reporting Technology
Made by St Jude's Cardiac Rhythem Management Division in Sylmar, the Accent and Anthem product family features RF telemetry that enables secure, wireless communication between the implanted device and the programmer used by the clinician or a home monitor, making it the first integrated system of pacing devices with wireless telemetry from implant through follow-up.... Read more |
| Product Launch |  Advanced Bionics of Valencia Launches a Bionic-Ears-for-Kids Kit
The launch is focused on the unveiling of AB's newest mascot, Melody, a plush monkey that is given to children receiving cochlear implants to comfort them through the process of the surgery, activation and rehabilitation.... Read more |
| Financing | Response Genetics Announces a Private Placement The Los Angeles-headquartered Response Genetics entered into a purchase agreement with certain funds managed by Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership to raise approximately $4 million from the private placement of 3,057,907 newly issued shares of its common stock, at a purchase price of $1.30 per share .. Read press release |
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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