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BioEngineering
Insights 2009
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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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July 31,
2009 |
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Apply Now
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Investor/Partnership Conference
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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
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SoCalBio Event
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- August 27, 7:00 -
9:30 am
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 SoCalBio
Networking Forum in Irvine
(UCI University Club)
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Past Events
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Thanks
to the Ernst & Young Team for
Hosting the SoCalBio Business Mixer on
July 29
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| Healthcare
Reform |
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Will
Medical Device Makers End Up in the
Red or in the Pink?
Tracking the fate of U.S. healthcare
reform is like watching a patient
being wheeled into the operating
room while the surgeons bicker in
the corridor over the best way to
save his life. Despite the current
level of uncertainty surrounding the
mid-summer debate, medical device
makers should emerge from the
legislative operation in relatively
good health .... Read more
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| Top
Prescribed Drugs |
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Do
You Know the 5 Most Important Drugs In
the U.S.?
Two-thirds
of Americans take some sort of
prescribed pill, spending more each
year than 13 countries combined,
including Canada, Great Britain and
Japan. The top-five prescribed drugs
in terms of global sales are .... Click here to read
article
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| From
the Lab Bench |
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UC
Irvine Scientists Have Shown for the
First Time That Neural Stem Cells Can
Rescue Memory in Mice With Advanced
Alzheimer's Disease
"Essentially, the cells were
producing fertilizer for the
brain," said Frank LaFerla
(left in photo above), director of
UCI's Institute for Memory
Impairments and Neurological
Disorders, or UCI MIND, and
co-author of the study, which
appears online the week of July 24
in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences .... Read more
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| Personnel |
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 Dr. David Meyer Named
President & CEO of LA BioMed
The
board of the Los Angeles Biomedical
Research Institute knew it would
have large shoes to fill after
longtime Chief Executive Ken Trevett
announced last fall that he had
accepted a new position in Texas.
Now, after a national search, the
non-profit institute, also known as
L.A. BioMed, last week announced
that it had tapped a native Angeleno
for the post, veteran medical
researcher and administrator David
Meyer..... Read more
David,
Congratulations from SoCalBio
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| Financing
Deals |
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Is
This a Sign That the Early-Stage
Financial Drought Slowly Coming to an
End?
 Replenish
of Pasadena Raises $10 Million in VC
Funding
This USC-spinoff led by Dr. Sean Caffey (photo
righrt) is developing a
"flexible" drug delivery
platform. Regulatory filing shows
that Replenish has raised
$10.25 million in VC funding. No
investor information was disclosed.
See company web site at: www.replenishinc.com
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| Clinical
Studies |
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Obagi
Medical Products' CLENZIderm Serum Gel
Significantly Reduces Non-Inflammatory
Lesions with Visible Results as Early
as Week One Ends
"The
results of this study indicate that
Obagi Medical Products' novel
solubilized BPO technology may
improve the treatment options
available for the 17 million acne
patients in the U.S.," says
James P. Hartman, Vice President of
Marketing for Obagi Medical Products which
is based in Long Beach, Calif.... Read more
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| Collaborations |
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Amgen
to Collaborate With GlaxoSmithKline to
Commercialize Denosumab in Europe for
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
Amgen to Retain Full Rights for
Denosumab in the United States and
Canada and for Oncology Indications
in Europe GlaxoSmithKline Will
Commercialize Denosumab for PMO and
Oncology in Emerging Markets.... Read more
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| Licensing |
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Watson
Pharmaceuticals of Corona, Calif. Announces
License Agreement With GeneraMedix for
Generic Version of Ferrlecit
Ferrlecit
(sodium ferric gluconate complex in
sucrose injection) is a drug
indicated for the treatment of iron
deficiency anemia in hemodialysis
patients receiving supplemental
epoetin therapy ... Read more
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| Outsourcing |
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NeuroMed
Devices Awards Contract to Syprosoft
Engineering
The
Laguna Niguel-based startup has
contracted Syprosoft Engineering
(Irvine, CA) for assistance with the
development of the OraCalm and
ViraCalm products. Both are
neuromodulation devices designed for
the treatment of oral and genital
herpes... Read more
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| Hot
Jobs |
| New
SoCalBio 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
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About SoCalBio
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 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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