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Market Segment Analysis
| | The United States of Diabesity |  Health insurer UnitedHealth Group is out with a new report that says half of Americans could have diabetes or be on their way to getting it by 2020. By the end of the decade, the epidemic could more than double the current spending on diabetes and prediabetes patients to nearly $500 billion annually... Read more |
Under the Spotlight
| | ImmunoCellular Therapeutics: At the Forefront of Targeting Cancer Stem Cells | | The Woodland hills-based ImmunoCellular's key technology is active immunotherapy aimed at targeting cancer stem cells. The Company is focused on developing products that harness the native immune system to attack CSCs without harming healthy tissue .... Read more |
Expansion
| | Growing Biotech Firm One Lambda Adds Space in Warner Center |  As part of the expansion, the Canoga Park based company is moving into a 53,000-square-foot office building in Warner Center in Woodland Hills where it will relocate its administrative department. The company's research and manufacturing areas will expand into the spaces being vacated by administration at the company's headquarters located on Kittridge St. just west of De Soto. "We need to grow our research area and our manufacturing area so that we can keep up with the demands of our customers," said One Lambda vice president Don Arii (photo right). "We're in a very dynamic area which is constantly changing"... Read more
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Marketing
| | STAAR Surgical: Contact Lens Maker Focuses on Improving Image | .jpg) The Monrovia-based Staar Surgical has launched its first direct-to-consumer marketing campaign for its innovative implantable contact lens. The theme for the Visian ICL will be familiar to fans of Apple's humorous "Mac vs. PC" campaign. The Visian ICL is the first implantable lens for the correction of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism that is minimally invasive and reversible. It received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in 2005, but still has only 1 percent market penetration in the United States... Read more |
Competition
| Rivals Seek Deals To Catch Edwards Lifesciences
|  Some rivals of the Irvine-based Edwards Lifesciences Corp. are in the market for startups that could help them cut into the Irvine-based company's lead in the race for the market for heart valves that don't require major surgery for implantation. Bloomberg reported that New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories of the Chicago area are seeking to catch up with Edwards' Sapien, a less-invasive replacement heart valve ... Read more |
| Recalls | | Advanced Bionics Announces Voluntary Recall of the HiRes 90K Cochlear Implant |  The Valencia-based medical device maker announced a voluntarily recall of its HiRes 90K cochlear implant device and is retrieving all unimplanted devices in distribution. This action is being taken in response to two confirmed instances where the product experienced a malfunction requiring explantation. These recipients experienced severe pain, overly loud sounds and/or shocking sensations at 8-10 days after initial activation of their device... Read more |
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Access a provocative presentation by renowned author and futurist Joel Kotkin about restoring the economic competitiveness of Los Angeles and California. This presentation was made during the
