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| | Featured Story | UCLA Spinoff Kite Pharma Raises $15 Million The Los Angeles-based Kite's early clinical-stage anticancer candidate is an engineered virus-based alpha fetoprotein (AFP) vaccine designed to stimulate an immune response against AFP-expressing hepatocellular cancer. A Phase I/II clinical trial is currently under way. The Phase I component of the trial will monitor the toxicity of escalating doses of the engineered virus in order to identify a tolerable dose for the Phase II component and future studies. The Phase II stage will evaluate the treatment's ability to elicit an immune response in a larger number of patients... Read more |
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| New SoCalBio Member | WestAir Gases & Equipment, Inc. One of the largest independent distributor of gases, gas equipment, and welding supplies in the Southwest. The company will be represented in SoCalBio by David Ehrlich, Division Manager, located in the City of Orange... Learn more Atheln, Inc. Atheln is a multi-disciplinary life science consulting firm with a broad range of execution capabilities. Atheln provides cost-efficient approaches to product development and commercialization practiced by successful life science companies. The company is represented in SoCalBio by Managing Director Monica Alfaro Welling .... Learn more Momentum Momentum provides healthcare marketing consultancy services. The company is represented in SoCalBio by its Principal Marilyn Norrie UCLA Photonics Laboratory  Led by Dr. Barham Jalali (photo above), the Photonics Laboratory at UCLA performs multi-disciplinary research and development in the fields of silicon photonics, microwave photonics, and biophotonics for biomedical and other applications... Learn more |
BioGeography
| Who Got PMAs in 2010 | In 2010, the FDA approved 20 original medical devices compared to 19 in 2009.
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Accolades
| Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Sofie Biosciences for Its Pioneering Preclinical PET Imaging Solutions |  Based on its recent analysis of the preclinical imaging market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Sofie Biosciences (Sofie) in Culver City, Calif. with the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Entrepreneurial Company of the Year. Sofie's comprehensive preclinical positron emission tomography (PET) imaging solution is easy to use and available at a fraction of the cost of other conventional PET systems, encouraging decentralization of PET imaging systems ... Learn more
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Moving in
| Breathe Technologies Inc. Plans to Move its Headquarters to Orange County from the Bay Area by July | | The company, now based in San Ramon, "more than likely" will settle in Irvine, said Larry Mastrovich, Breathe's chief executive and a former executive at Lake Forest-based home healthcare provider Apria Healthcare Group Inc. The company is looking for a building for its corporate offices as well as manufacturing, he said ... Read more |
Lupus
| Xencor's Engineered Antibody Suppresses Autoimmunity in Preclinical Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Models | | The Monrovia-based Xencor announced positive results from preclinical studies of XmAb®5871, a humanized monoclonal antibody that dually targets CD19 and CD32b (FcγRIIb) for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, demonstrating that XmAb5871 is a potent suppressor of B cell activation ex vivo and of autoimmune response in humanized mouse models. Researchers concluded that XmAb5871 may be an effective immunosuppressant in multiple in vivo settings including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and can globally suppress autoimmune response without B cell depletion. The results are published in the April 1, 2011 issue of The Journal of Immunology ... Read more |
Incision-Free Surgery
| Surgeon Performs Italy's First POSE Weight Loss Procedure Using the San Clemente-Based USGI Medical's Incisionless Operating Platform (IOP) | | To perform POSE, surgeons pass the USGI IOP down a patient's throat, and use tools to grasp tissue and deploy the company's specially-designed Expandable Tissue Anchors to create multiple tissue folds in the stomach. An endoscope provides visualization... Read more |
M&As
| Edwards Lifesciences Acquires Embrella Cardiovascular, Inc. of Wayne, PA | | "This acquisition is consistent with our dedication to the ongoing exploration and development of novel technologies that have the potential to improve outcomes for patients, and supports our strategy to extend Edwards' global leadership in transcatheter heart valves," said Larry L. Wood, Edwards' corporate vice president, transcatheter valve replacement ... Read more |
Personnel
| David Pyott Expands his Role at Allergan | | Allergan's Board of Directors has reappointed David E.I. Pyott as President. Mr. Pyott will also continue to serve Allergan in his current roles as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Pyott's role as President succeeds the duties performed by F. Michael Ball, who has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of Hospira, Inc ... Read more |
| Jobs | Walk Vascular NeoMend (Irvine) Click here for more info and to apply Vice President, Research & DevelopmentClinical Marketing ManagerProduct ManagerQuality ManagerAccount Managers for the San Francisco and Tulsa/Arkansas Territories
Second Sight Medical Products (Sylmar) Paragon Biomedical (Irvine) Click here to see details and apply - Biostatistician
- Executive Director of Medical Affairs
- CRA/Sr CRA
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Cynvenio (Westlake Village) | | IntriMed Technologies (Ventura) | Dentatek Corporation (Laguna Niguel) | | NanoIVD (Los Angeles) | |
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