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3 - 7 pm
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| Featured News Story | The Ontario, Calif.-Based Intravenous Drug Delivery Company, Medegen, Acquired by CareFusion for $225 Million
 CareFusion said the merger is an ideal strategic fit and that the acquisition expands its product line, with a global opportunity of $2 billion in disposable IV sets. Medegen's products have been shown to reduce catheter-related infections by up to 70%... Read more
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| Featured Resource | Learn About the GAP Program at UCLA
  Directed by Robert Foster, (Photo right), the Global Access Program (GAP) at the UCLA Anderson School of Management was founded in 1998 and has since worked with over 328 international technology companies in ten countries. GAP is a unique educational program that matches a team of students from the Fully Employed MBA
(FEMBA) program with existing international technology companies to develop a comprehensive business strategy that enables the companies to move to the next stage of their corporate development.... Learn how your company can benefit |
| Video Clips | SoCalBio Takes on Obesity
Access video clips of the Southern California Biomedical Council's March 25, 2010 Networking Forum in Irvine, California which featured a discussion focused on the latest medical devices for treating morbid obesity. SoCalBio thanks the following speakers for their contributions: - Fred Cahn, PhD, President, Biomedical Strategies (La Jolla);
- Neal Kaufman, MD, MPH, CEO, DPS Health (Los Angeles);
- Tom Kinder, CEO, Bariatric Advantage, Inc. (Irvine);
- Bill Murray, President & CEO, Reshape Medical (San Clemente);
- Monica Welling, Partner, Atheln, Inc. (Los Angeles); and
- Roger Zickfeld, Managing Director, Zickfeld Advisors (Los Angeles).
Clip 1:http://www.youtube.com/socalbio#p/u/8/zpXPU945x-U
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| RSVP Now | SoCalBio Networking Forum in Los Angeles
Trends in Ophthalmology
Exploring the frontiers of ophthalmic device innovations
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SoCalBio Regulatory Best Practice Workshop
The Shifting Paradigm in FDA Process Validation
This SoCalBio workshop focuses on the FDA's guidelines regarding Process Validation. It is designed for device and pharma regulatory affairs professionals to learn what is required to approach process validation from a life cycle perspective and incorporates modern risk management and quality systems tools and concepts. Date: May 13, 2010 Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: UCLA Faculty Center RSVP: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=mqpmv*************************************************
SoCalBio Networking Forum in Orange County
Navigating Health Care Reform
Date: May 27 Time: 7 - 9:30 am Location: UCI University Club in Irvine RSVP: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=jyrcz*************************************************
SoCalBio Open House
Join us to learn how SoCalBio's Group Purchasing Program can slow your company's burn rate and cut down the cost of doing business. Meet Group purchasing vendors to learn more about their services and the discounts exclusively offered to SoCalBio member companies. Network with your colleagues in device, IVD or biotech companies and learn how they are navigating this down economy. Get detailed insight into how SoCalBio can help your organization succeed.
Date: June 10 Time: 8 am - 12 noon Location: Wilshire Grand Hotel (Downtown LA) RSVP: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=mjczk |
Welcome New SoCalBio Members
| Modo (Beaverton, OR)
 Modo designs and builds medical carts for the most successful medical device businesses in the world... Learn more
Allied Intrade (San Marcos, CA) Allied Intrade is an OEM Manufacturers' Liaison providing custom manufacturing, logistics and global supply chain solutions to US companies engaged in the medical device area.... Learn more |
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| Clinical Studies | Lake Forest-Based ReVision Optics Begins U.S. Clinical Trial of the PresbyLens for the Restoration of Near Vision
The clinical trial will evaluate the PresbyLen corneal inlay for the correction of presbyopia, the age-related loss of near vision. The study began on April 6th with the treatment of three subjects by clinical investigator Dr. Stephen Slade of the Slade & Baker Vision Center in Houston, Texas.The PresbyLens clinical study will evaluate 400 presbyopic subjects for three years... Read more
Abraxis to Present Phase I/II Pancreatic Survival Data at 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research
The Los Angeles-based company will provide the updated survival findings from a Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating the chemotherapy agent ABRAXANE(R) for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in combination with gemcitabine for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer will be discussed during a keynote address on April 20 at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) being held in Washington, D.C... Read more
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Research Results
| Celprogen De-Differentiates Human Induced Pluripotent Cells (iPCs) Into Germ Progenitor Cells
The San Pedro, Calif.-based Celprogen announced that its researchers have de-differentiated human somatic fibroblasts into cells that eventually become eggs and sperm, possibly opening the door for new treatments for infertility using patient-specific cells.... Read more
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| Collaborations | SiDMAP Chief Scientist -- Laszlo Boros -- to Collaborate on Cancer Research with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"SiDMAP opens new avenues for understanding and treating cancer by revealing the functional impact of known gene mutations on a complex hierarchy of metabolic reactions," said Dr.
Boros. He added, "SiDMAP is always glad to collaborate with top university investigators, such as our colleagues at Johns Hopkins, to accelerate research in the cancer field" ... Read more
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Regulatory Compliance
| FDA Sends Warning Letter to Edwards Lifesciences Over Medical Device Reporting
The Irvine, Calif., company said the letter focused on six incidents of late medical device reporting. Edwards did not offer more details but said it has since corrected its training procedures on the medical device reporting process and it "does not expect this matter to have any impact on product approvals" ... Read more
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| People | Arrowhead Announces the Appointment of Nobel Laureate Dr. Leland Hartwell to Its Board of Advisors "Dr. Hartwell is one of the great scientific thought leaders of our time, and we are honored to have him as part of our team," said Arrowhead President and CEO, Dr. Christopher
Anzalone. "He will play a large role helping to focus our strategy and extend our scientific reach as we look forward to new opportunities and initiatives" ... 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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