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Editor: Ahmed EnanyPresident & CEO Southern California
Biomedical Council
(SoCalBio) | November 2, 2009  |
| SoCalBio Mourns the Loss of
Vytas Pazemenas |  It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Vytas
Pazemenas, Founder, President & CEO of SoCalBio member company the Aubrey Group (Irvine, CA), who lost his battle with cancer on October 23. A remembrance and celebration of his life and career will be held on November 15, 2009, at Balboa Yacht Club in Corona del Mar. Vytas was a generous supporter of SoCalBio and a tireless promoter of our region's biomedical community. He will be greatly missed. Information on
Vytas' rememberance ceremony is available on http://www.supportcircle.com. To enter click the "Visit" button, enter Vytas
Pazemenas, and click on his name at the bottom of the screen. |
| SoCalBio Events | Thanks to Participants in the October 29 SoCalBio Networking Forum in Los Angeles Focusing on the Use of Social Media by Bioscience Companies Panel participants from left to right: Susan Tellem of Tellem Worldwide, Sasha Strauss of Innovation Protocol, Mark Davidson, Jonathan Usuka of
Celgene, William Gunn of Genalyte, Meredith Dow of Proven Inc., and Robert Hess of the Center for the Digital Future
Please RSVP for the Following Events: November 19, 5:00 to 8:00 pm December 3, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm  SoCalBio Regulatory Workshop on FDA and California Inspection. UCI University Club (Irvine) .. More info
December 15, 4:00 to 7:00 pm SoCalBio Business Mixer in Los Angeles. More info
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| Available Lab Space | Wet Lab Space Available at HRL Campus in Malibu  Labs and offices are located on a 72-acre campus adjacent to Pepperdine University. Site has spectacular ocean & mountain views. It is also strategically isolated and overlooks Malibu . Click here for more information |
| Philanthropy | Los Angeles Billionaire Patrick
Soon-Shiong Pledges $100 Million to Reopen King Medical Center in South Central The Founder of Abraxis Bioscience and Abraxis Health announced plans last Wednesday to provide University of California regents with a $100-million guaranty underwriting the county's latest proposal to reopen long-troubled Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital by 2012 ... Read more |
| Analysis | Valeant: It Turns Out that Wrinkles
Are Worth Quite a Lot Valeant's Efudex is a treatment for actinic keratosis (skin lesions resulting from unprotected exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays) and basal cell carcinoma. Not only does the treatment work to remedy an almost epidemic growth in skin cancer among baby boomers -- it turns out that Efudex also improves the appearance of the skin ... Read more |
| Grants | This group proposes to treat HIV/AIDS using an RNA interference approach to modify the patient's blood-forming stem cells. When transplanted back, those cells will produce T cells that are resistant to HIV infection. This is part of a new round of funding totaling $250 million by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
(CIRM). The new grants were announced on October 28. Click here to see list of grants |
| Litigation | States Sue Amgen for Alleged Kickbacks to Doctors In a lawsuit filed last Friday, New York and other states say that Amgen provided free samples of Aranesp to doctors and clinics by putting tiny extra amounts of the drug in each vial. The medical practices could then make a profit by billing insurers, including state Medicaid programs, for the extra drug... Read more |
| M&As | Valeant Inks $18 Million Deal for Polish Skin Drugs The Aliso Viejo-based pharma company said last Friday that it is buying rights to several prescription and cosmetic dermatology products from an unnamed, privately-held, specialty pharmaceutical company in Poland for $18 million.... Read more |
| Personnel | NanoIVD Adds a Distinguished Board Member The Los Angeles-based developer of portable instruments for biological research and clinical sample testing announced last week that former FDA official Paul
Aebersold, Ph.D., was elected to NanoIVD's board of directors.... Read more Watson Names a New CFO The Corona-based generic pharma maker announced that R. Todd Joyce has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective immediately. Mr. Joyce succeeds Mark W. Durand, who has departed as CFO for personal reasons. On July 27, 2009, Watson announced that Mr. Durand had taken a leave of absence for health reasons, and named Mr. Joyce as Acting Principal Financial Officer.... Read more |
| 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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