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Past Weekly Updates
Editor: Ahmed Enany
President & CEO
Southern California 
Biomedical Council
(SoCalBio)
enany@socalbio.org
www.socalbio.org

July 26, 2010

SoCalBio Open House
Thanks to All Participants in the Very Successful SoCalBio Open House on July 23

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(Photos by SoCalBio photographer Marshall Thompson of PRVIDEO.TV)
Profile
Ahmed Enany: Booster Shot

If you missed it, here is another chance to get to know SoCalBio President Ahmed Enany. Read his lengthy interview with the Los Angeles Business Journal. Interview was conducted by Ms. Deborah Crowe.See: http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2010/jul/19/booster-shot/
Under the Spot Light
Defibrillator Maker Cameron Drawing Attention

The San Clemente, Calif. Company seen reviving market and may be an acquisition target. Cameron Health is develoing a heart defibrillator that could change the industry ... Read more

Analysis
Will MannKind's Afrezza Succeed Where Pfizer's Exubera Failed?

With the market failure of Pfizer's Exubera, potential investors in MannKind's endeavor must address why Afrezza will not suffer the same market setbacks assuming a favorable decision by the FDA in December. MannKind has, of course, amassed a number of reasons to convince investors that Afrezza will become a market blockbuster with varying degrees of substance. Afrezza will succeed because of a demonstrated superiority over injectable therapies, increased patient and doctor compliance, and overall cost of the therapy... Read analysis at Seeking Alpha


SoCalBio Welcomes A New Member

Irvine, California

Operating three facilities in Irvine, Chino and Tijuana, Mexico, Incuvate works with medical device entrepreneurs to develop early stage concepts into innovative products and leads them to market via new companies  built, funded and managed by Incuvate. The company will be represented in SoCalBio by Partner Mr. David Look.. Learn more
Coming in November

November 4, 2010
(With a CEO Reception & Dinner on November 3)

J W Marriott of L.A. Live

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August 26, 4:00 to 7:00 PM 
 
Recent Headlines
Studies:
Product Approval:
Collaborations:
  • Chino Hills-Based HOYA Surgical Optics Announces Strategic Investment in Swiss Company -- Adoptics -- for the Development of a Shape-changing Intraocular Lens that Mimics the Natural Accommodation Process of the: http://www.businesswire.com/news/socalbio/20100720005675/en/HOYA-Announces-Strategic-Investment-Adoptics-Development-Shape-changing
Personnel:
Jobs Available 
USC Stevens Institute (Los Angeles) 

Senior Director of Finance & Operation
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