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discounts on
shipping services to SoCalBio members
through the Bio-Business Solutions
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Recommended
Events
October 3-5
Pasadena, CA
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biotech and device industries in the
Greater Los Angeles Metro Area
for job creation and overall
economic growth.
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scientific publications. Discounts
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Business
Mixer
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RSVP
for the SoCalBio Business Mixer in
Orange
County
"Neuroscience
Innovations:
What
Is Coming Down the Pike"
Thursday,
October 20, 2011 from 7:00 AM to 9:30
AM (PT)
Irvine,
CA | UCI University Club
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Opinion
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Debunking
Corporate Venture Capital in Biotech
 Bruce
Booth, contributing editor to Forbes
Magazine, argues that -- although the
rise of corporate venture capital has
been good for the biotech industry --
corporate VCs end up into a bind when
they try to do business development
and venture capital investing at the
same time and with the same fund
concepts and organizations. Partnering
and investing are different and
require different mindsets. The
practical goals of each are very
different for the corporate sponsor:
one supports an ecosystem, and the
other a specific pipeline... Learn
more
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Financing
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MannKind
to sell senior secured discount notes
for about $370M in proceeds
 The company said it
plans to use the proceeds for
development and operating capital,
including clinical trials of its
product candidate Afrezza, which is a
type of insulin for patients with Type
1 and Type 2 diabetes. ... Read
more
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Medical
Wireless
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Wireless
Pacemaker Programming Device Unveiled
at USC Body Computing Conference
 At the Body Computing
Conference held on September 23 at the
University of Southern California,
Karten Design (Los Angeles, CA)
introduced a wireless, cloud-connected
device designed to simplify the
programming of pacemakers ... Read
more
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Recomended
Event
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Prostate
Cancer
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IRIS
International Receives FDA Clearance
for Prognostic Cancer Test
 "We
are extremely pleased that the ProsVue
test has been cleared for sale in the
United States," stated Cesar M.
Garcia (photo right), Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
of IRIS International. "The data
from our multi-center clinical study
supported our hypothesis that NADiA
ProsVue can be useful in identifying
post-prostatectomy men with reduced
risk of cancer recurrence who may not
need further treatment, including
radiation therapy. We believe this
prognostic assay could help patients
avoid unnecessary treatment, reduce
morbidity and lower the cost of
management and treatment of post
radical prostatectomy patients"
... Read
more
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Radiation
Poisoning
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Aeolus
Pharmaceuticals Files for Orphan Drug
Designation of its Treatment of Acute
Radiation Exposure of the Lung
 The Mission Viejo-based
biotechnology company is leveraging up
to $140M of government funding in
developing a platform of a new class
of broad-spectrum,
catalytic-antioxidant compounds as
medical countermeasures against
radiation exposure to develop them in
oncology indications ... Read
more
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Honors
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Med
Exec International Makes Inc. Top 500
List of "America's Fastest
Growing Private Companies"
Entrepreneurial Superstars
 Glendale-based Med Exec
International, a specialty contract
research organization, saw a
three-year sales growth of 1,626%,
earning it a spot on Inc. magazine's
Annual List of America's Top 500
Fastest Growing Private Companies.
"We saw a niche and we filled it
for clients nationwide. Our services
allow companies to keep their work
stateside, delivering top quality
results on time and on budget,' says
Rosemarie Christopher (photo right),
President and CEO ... Read
more
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Jobs
Available
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Neomend
(Irvine)
Replenish
(Pasadena)
Boston
Scientific Neuromodulation (Valencia)
Kinamed
(Camarillo)
Second Sight (Sylmar)
Click
here for job description
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Senior
or Principal Quality Engineer
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Mechanical
Engineer for Manufacturing Group
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Sr.
Mechanical Engineer for R&D
Group
- External
Manufacturing Engineer with
Electrical Expertise
Gilead
(San Dimas)
PBS
Biotech (Camarillo)
Astellas
Pharma (Santa Monica)
Freedom
Innovations (Irvine)
Bioness
(Valencia)
Alfred
Mann Foundation (Valencia)
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