• UCLA Researchers Awarded $9 Million Contract for National Study Identifying Antibiotic Treatment for Resistant Staph Infection
  Dr. Gregory J. Moran (left) and Dr. David A. Talan, both of Olive View–UCLA Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will explore whether various off-patent antibiotics for the treatment of uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections may be effective in treating MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Off-patent medications are those whose patents have expired, allowing any manufacturer to produce them.
• Discovery of Novel Nerve Cell Modulator Offers Potential for Mood Disorders, Epilepsy Treatments
  UCI researchers -- Ivan Soltesz (left) and Csaba Foldy -- looked at the role of the natural substance cholecystokinin (CCK) in modulating communication between cells in the brain. Their study appears as an advanced online publication in Nature Neuroscience and links CCK actions to endocannabinoids thereby providing novel possibilities for the future development of therapies for a number of neurological diseases.

• Abraxis Bioscience (Los Angeles) 
  • Abraxis BioScience Announces Licensing Agreement with Biocon Limited for the Commercialization of ABRAXANE in India
  • Abraxis BioScience Launches Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Injection, USP
  • Abraxis Gets Generic Cefotan Approval
• Advanced Bionics Corp. (Valencia):
  • To Curb Risk, Boston Scientific Sells Advanced Bionics
• Amgen (Thousand Oaks)
  • Amgen cutting costs as key anemia drug sales fall
• AXM Pharma (City of Industry):
  • AXM Pharma Receives $2.65 Million Investment From Beida Wei Ming Bioproduct Co., Ltd.
• Beckman Coulter (Fullerton):
  • Beckman Coulter Files Resale Registration Statement for Convertible Notes
• CompuMed (Los Angeles):
  • Cost of Osteoporosis Screening for Older Men Could be Reduced with Alternative to DEXA Technology, Says CompuMed
• ICU Medical (San Clemente):
  • ICU Medical innovates teamwork approach
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (Los Angeles)
  • Rudolph H. Nisi, M.D. Resigns From ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. Board of Directors
• MannKind Corp. (Valencia):
  • One Giant Leap for MannKind
• Masimo (Irvine):
  • Masimo's IPO Pops
• Mentor (Santa Barbara):
  • Out of the Gate: Mentor Rises: Analyst Says Mentor Will Have Half of Breast Implant Market by End of 2008
  • Implant Sales Plump Up Mentor
• Response Genetics (Los Angeles):
  • Response Genetics Study to Focus on Developing Diagnostic Test Kits for Pancreatic Cancer
• Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (Irvine):
  • Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Investigational New Drug Application for SPI-1620 Cleared by U.S. Food & Drug Administration
• Xcorporeal Inc (Los Angeles):
  • Xcorporeal, Inc. and CT Holdings Enterprises, Inc. Execute Definitive Merger Agreement

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Human Resources 
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• Master of Bioscience Degree @ Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
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    Diana_Bartlett@kgi.edu
• USC Master's in Regulatory Science 
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    Director, Regulatory and Clinical Science
    fjr@usc.edu
• UCI Medical Product Development Certificate Program
  • Contact:Rogelio Rodriguez
    Director, Engineering and Science Programs
    Rogelio.Rodriguez@unx.uci.edu
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    Director, Engineering and Science Programs
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