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SoCalBio Networking Forum
The Life-Science Industry in the Media:
Insights on How to Use the Media to Promote your Company and Technology
DATE: February 25, 2010
TIME: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmLOCATION: Sierra Room, Wilshire Grand Hotel (downtown Los Angeles) RSVP: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=jyvb************************************************
SoCalBio Executive Roundtable Discussion
IVD Industry Luncheon and Discussion
(Open only to IVD executives and managers)
Date: February 11, 2010 Time 11 - 1:30 Location: DevicePharm (Irvine, CA) By Invitation Only (for more info, contact SoCalBio at
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SoCalBio HR Symposium
Best Practices in Designing Wellness Programs
Join us to learn how to craft wellness programs to improve employee health, reduce medical claims, and guarantee a return on investment
(Open only to HR professionals in medical device, IVD, biotech and generic pharma firms)
Date: April 15, 2010
Time: 9:00am - 1:30pm
Location: One Lambda Corp. (Canoga Park)
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Honors
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Allergan's Chief Makes the Institutional Investor Magazine's List of Top CEOs
 Each year, the list is compiled based on a survey of buy- and sell-side analysts across all industries and sectors. The survey includes four
catagories: CEOs, CFOs, investor relations professionals and companies providing the best investor relations. David Pyot (photo right), Chairman, President & CEO of
Allergan, is ranked 16th on the list... Read more
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New Device Technologies
| STAAR Surgical: Vision of the Future? At a time when the LASIK players are weak, it is really about penetrating the U.S. market for the Monrovia-based Staar Surgical. The big ticket item on the Staar Surgical horizon would be approval from the FDA for its toric
ICL, which is expected some time early this year -- it is also seeking approval in Japan for the toric
ICL, which treats both myopia and astigmatism... Read article
Edwards
Lifesciences' New Device Promises To Make Heart Surgery Easier And Safer
More than 200,000 Americans a year need a new heart valve to treat conditions like severe aortic
stenosis, a narrowing of the valve that restricts blood flow from the heart. But half don't get it, often because they're too old or sick to risk open-heart surgery. Edwards Lifesciences is trying to change that. The Irvine, Calif.-based medical device company has developed a transcatheter heart valve, or
THV, that uses a less-invasive procedure.... Read more |
| Biosimilars | Teva, Amgen Duke It Out Over Generic Biotech Teva Pharmaceuticals went ahead and ran clinical trials on a biotech drug that's a whole lot like Amgen's Neupogen, a $900 million drug used to stimulate the growth of white blood cells. The FDA has agreed to take a look at Teva's application. But, Teva and Amgen are also duking it out in court, with Amgen arguing that the Teva drug infringes on an Amgen patent.... Read more |
| M&As | Allergan Buys Serica for an Undisclosed Amount Medford, Mass.-based Serica, which is developing silk-based biomaterials for tissue repair, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Irvine, Calif.-based Allergan, which makes products ranging from Botox to Lap-Band gastric banding systems.... Read more Agilent Sheds Hycor Biomedical Private equity firm Linden LLC has paid an undisclosed sum to purchase the Garden Grove-based Hycor Biomedical business of Agilent Technologies. Hycor, which specializes in allergy, autoimmune, and urinalysis diagnostics, became part of Agilent through that firm's 2007 acquisition of Stratagene. Hycor had only been part of Stratagene for a few years before the deal with Agilent. ... Read more |
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