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| Coming
in 2010
SoCalBio
Awards Ceremony
When: April
15, 2010
Time: 6
to 9 pm
Where: Biltmore
Hotel, Los Angeles, California
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| Coming
in 2010
When: June 28, 2010
Time: 10:00am - 8:30pm
Where: Old Ranch Country Club, Seal
Beach, California
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Take Advantage
of SoCalBio's Group Purchasing Program
to Cut the Cost of Doing Business
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Join well-known entrepreneur Alfred
Mann and other SoCalBio leaders to promote
the biotech and device industries in the
Greater Los Angeles Metro Area for job
creation and overall economic growth.
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January
25, 2010
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Workshop
on Accessing Government Funding for
Research
Organized in
collaboration with
Experts from
the NIH, DoD and other governmental
agencies will share tips on accessing SBIR/STTR
grants and other types of government
funding to support bioscience R&D
activities
More Info
DATE: January
28, 2010
TIME: 8:00 am - 3:45
pm (with a networking reception from 4 to
5:30 pm)
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Past
Events
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Thanks
to all Participants in the January 21 SoCalBio
Networking Forum in Irvine
Event
focused on the prospects of the US medtech
industry based on a recent study by Ernst
& Young
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Facilities
on the Market
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Wet Lab and Office Space Available for
Lease at CalPoly Pomona's Innovation
Village
 
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for more information
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Manufacturing Facility Available for Lease
or Sale
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Thanks
to New SoCalBio Members
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California
MedTech (previously Paragon Medsystems)
was founded in 1998 with the mission of
creating a world-class resource for
turnkey development and manufacturing of
medical devices and life science
instrumentation. To
learn more, go to company web site at: www.calmedtech.com
Calibrate is an ISO 17025 company that
provides on-site pipette calibration and
repair service. To learn more, go to company
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Philanthropy
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Herman
Ostrow Donates $35 Million to USC Dentistry
 Herman
Ostrow (middle in adjacent photo), a USC
trustee and entrepreneur who graduated
from the dental school in 1945, made the
gift which is believed to be the largest
individual donation to a dental school in
the United States. In recognition of the
donation, the school has been renamed the
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC.
The gift will help renovate and improve
clinical facilities, bring in new faculty
members and support research... Read more
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Studies
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Vertos
Medical Completes Enrollment in a Post-Market,
Patient Outcome Study of a Device for Stenosis
The
Aliso Viejo-based medical device company Vertos Medical Inc. has announced the
completion of enrollment in its post-market U.S. IRB (Institutional Review
Board) I Patient Outcomes Trial, a 75-patient study of the mild procedure.
The open-label, single-arm, prospective, IRB-approved study is intended to
gather patient outcomes data following treatment for symptomatic central canal
spinal stenosis using proprietary mild devices.... Read more
New
Study Shows ImmunoCellular Therapeutics' Lead
Investigational Cancer Vaccine ICT-107 Targets
Cancer Stem Cells
Manish
Singh, PhD, President and CEO of the
Woodland Hills-based ImmunoCellular
Therapeutics said "cancer stem cells
are like the roots of weeds that they may be
undetectable after the tumor is resected,
but if they are not effectively targeted,
the tumor will almost certainly come back.
We believe the ability of ICT-107 to target
cancer stem cells meaningfully
differentiates it from other cancer vaccines
in development." ... Read
more
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Partnerships
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Ipsen
and Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Enter into
Partnership
The
Laguna Niguel-based Inspiration
Biopharmaceuticals partners with the French
specialty pharmaceutical group, Ipsen, to
create a hemophilia franchise. It is designed
to leverage combined expertise and resources
to advance a broad portfolio of recombinant
proteins targeting all major hemophilia
disorders in a unique way by focusing on two
significant unmet needs: wider access to
treatment with coagulation factors and
treatment for inhibitor complications.... Read
more
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IP
Litigation
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The
Irvine-Based Edwards Lifesciences Says German
Court Rules in its Favor and Against CoreValve
in Heart Valve Patent Suit
"We are very pleased that
Edwards' Andersen patent has again been
upheld, as it was last year in the United
Kingdom," said Larry L. Wood, Edwards'
corporate vice president, transcatheter valve
replacement. Today's decision resulted from a
counter-suit filed by CoreValve in response to
the patent infringement case filed by Edwards
in Germany in May 2007... Read
more
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partners, contract manufacturers, regulatory
and legal experts, and policy makers. The
organization's programs help emerging biotech
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discounts through our group purchasing program group purchasing program and
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