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Accessing
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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 |
| FDA | FDA Grapples With Regulating Social Media Ads Hundreds of pharmaceutical experts, advertising specialists and social media gurus will be in Washington today to tell the U.S. Food and Drug Administration how it should regulate ads on everything from Google to
Facebook. The two-day meeting is a widely sought after event by FDA standards. More than 900 people wanted to register for the event but only 350 got seats .... Read more |
| M&A |  Advanced Bionics Acquired by Sonova for $489 Million
Privately-held Advanced Bionics was founded in 1993 and is based in Valencia, Los Angeles County. Its majority shareholder is the biomed entrepreneur Alfred Mann (photo right).... Read more |
| Collaboration | Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Nippon Kayaku Enter Collaboration That Could Net $150 Million to Spectrum
This collaboration focuses on the development and commercialization of Spectrum's apaziquone in Asia. Apaziquone is an antineoplastic agent currently being investigated for the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer by intravesical instillation.... Read more |
| Philanthropy | The Edwards Lifesciences Fund to Grant $4.6 Million to Nonprofit Organizations in 2009
 "Recognizing that the economy has caused many challenges, our fund is awarding more grants for programs that provide basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing this year," said Michael A. Mussallem (photo right), Edwards
Lifesciences' chairman and CEO. "I'm proud that during these tough times, we have been able to increase both the amount of funding and the number of organizations that receive grants from The Edwards Lifesciences Fund. Partnering with these worthy organizations enables us to leverage their reach to strengthen our global communities" .... Read more |
| Personnel | IRIS Names Lawrence J.
Blecka, Ph.D., as Vice President, Research and Development of Iris Diagnostics Business Unit "We are delighted to have a senior executive of Dr. Blecka's qualifications join our management team and lead our extensive R&D initiatives for our next generation urinalysis platform and the expansion of our core technical competencies into the hematology market," stated Cesar Garcia, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chatsworth-based IRIS International .... Read more |
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