Alliance Medical Products (Irvine)

http://www.amp-us.com

The Irvine-based Alliance Medical Products (AMP) was spun off from Bausch & Lomb in January 2002. AMP has outsource manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and medical devices and for outsource Microbiology and Chemistry laboratory testing. Company core competencies include commercial aseptic filling (sterile filtered or terminally sterilized), solid dosage formulation and manufacturing, Phase I-III Clinical manufacturing, Class I-III medical device process development and manufacturing and medical device assembly and packaging. AMP's niche is middle volume products, which allows AMP to provide highly flexible solutions to meet customers' requirements and project timelines. 

• For more information, contact Darrin T. Schellin, Vice President, AMP, Phn: (949) 454-4450 -- dschellin@amp-us.com
• Click here for jobs available at AMP
• Interested in joining SoCalBio?

• MicroFabrica of Van Nuys Pursues NIH-Funded Research Collaboration with Boston University Focused on Developing Minimally-Invasive Heart Surgery Tools
  Under the grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the team is developing robotic instruments that could extend into the heart through needle-sized incisions in the chest and heart walls. According to Adam Cohen (photo right), MicroFabrica's EVP & CTO, "these new tools can be utilized in patients ranging from adults through fetuses."
• LA BioMed Researchers Discover New Molecular Strategies that Could Promote the Next Generation of Anti-Infective Agents
  In the September issue of Nature Reviews Microbiology, Drs. Michael Yeaman (photo right) and Nannette Yount present evidence that small proteins in the immune systems of humans and all kingdoms of life share fundamental structural and functional characteristics that enable these molecules to inhibit or kill microbial pathogens – even as these pathogens evolve to resist conventional antibiotics.
• UCLA Receives $22.5 Million to Explore the Fundamental Biology of Mental Disorders
  The NIH has awarded $22.5 million to a team of scientists at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior to fund the Consortium for Neuropsychiatric Phenomics (CNP), an interdisciplinary, campus-wide effort under the direction of Robert Bilder (photo right) to understand the biology underlying a variety of mental disorders.
• UCI and CODA Genomics of Laguna Hills Collaborate to Use Yeast for Biofuel Production
  G. Wesley Hatfield (photo right), principal investigator on the grant, a UCI professor emeritus and co-founder of CODA Genomics spearheads research using CODA Genomics’ patented gene-protein-production algorithms to tweak the genetic structure of a yeast strain called Saccharomyces. This yeast has the potential to efficiently turn switch-grass, hemp, corn, wood and other natural materials into ethanol fuel.

Congratulations to SoCalBio member AmProtein and its president Matt Hui

Also see SoCalBio President Ahmed Enany's comments on the regional effects of Amgen's layoffs in a Ventura County Star article entitled : " Amgen Paring Could Create More Local Biotech Entrepreneurs"

• NIH Budget:
  • Sustaining the Engine of U.S. Biomedical Discovery
    The U.S. biomedical research community, redolent of opportunity and brimming with optimism during the years from 1998 to 2003 when the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) doubled, is now facing the prospect of an unprecedented fifth straight year of no real growth in NIH appropriations. If so, the agency’s purchasing power will have fallen more than 13% since fiscal year 2003.
• 2007 Patent Reform Act:
  • Statement from the White House
  • House of Representatives Passes the Patent Reform Act of 2007 on September 7
  • Apple, Microsoft cheer House approval of patent reform bill  
  • Tech Giants, Banks Win on Patent Reform
• Generic Drugs:
  • Trends Still Favor Generic Drug Makers
• West LA VA Site Development:
  • Dianne Feinstein's $4 billion earmark for Beverly Hills comes at the expense of America's veterans
  • Supervisor Yaroslavsky's response to the Wall Street Journal article regarding Senator Feinstein and Congressman Waxman's legislation to protect the WLA VA property from sale or commercial development

• Advanced Medical Optics (Tustin):
  • AMO Introduces Three Advanced Refractive Technologies to European Market
• Amgen (Thousand Oaks):
  • FDA Questions Data On Amgen, J&J Drugs
• Arbios Systems (Los Angeles):
  • Arbios Systems Publishes Positive Results From Completed Sepet(TM) Feasibility Clinical Trial
• Endologix (Irvine):
  • Endologix Announces Improved Financial Outlook
• NeoMatrix (Irvine): 
  • Developer of a Noninvasive Test to Identify Breast Cancer Risk Raised $9.6 Mllion in Series C Funding
• North American Scientific (Chatsworth):
  • North American Scientific Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
• Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (Irvine):
  • Spectrum Initiates Second Registrational Phase 3 Clinical Trial for EOquin(R) in Patients With Non-Invasive Bladder Cancer

• Maxwell Sensors  (Santa Fe Springs)
  • National Accounts Executive

• Alliance Medical Products (Irvine)
  • Materials Manager
  • Aseptic Fill Technician
  • Production Operator
  • Quality Engineers w/ Pharmaceutical experience
  • Engineering Technician
  • Process Engineer

See list of open positions at:
http://www.socalbio.org/career_center/jobs.htm

• Keck Graduate Institute:
  • Master of Bioscience Degree
    Contact: Diana Bartlett
    Director of Corporate Partnerships
    Diana_Bartlett@kgi.edu
• University of Southern California:
  • Master's in Regulatory Science 
  • Certificates: Food Safety, Patient & Product Safety, Clinical Trial Design & Management
    Contact: Frances Richmond
    Director, Regulatory and Clinical Science
    fjr@usc.edu
• University of California Irvine:
  • Medical Product Development Certificate Program
  • Clinical Trials Certificate Program
    Contact: Rogelio Rodriguez
    Director, Engineering and Science Programs
    Rogelio.Rodriguez@unx.uci.edu

• Network with executives from sponsoring companies
• Support the cause of cancer research
• Provide scholarships to biomedical engineering students

 Thanks to SoCalBio Golf Tournament Sponsors

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Going Public Via Reverse Mergers
Where Is the Value Proposition

Local biotech and device companies, such as Clearant, will share experiences regarding the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of going public through reverse mergers, and whether this is a good strategy for  raising capital by a startups and early-stage companies.

• ABD Insurance
• Berliner & Associates
• Bolton & Company
• Hathaway Dinwiddie
• LST
• Perkins Coie 
• Perkins & Will

Sponsorship and Display Opportunities Available
Contact SoCalBio at scbc@socalbio.org

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Council and Enjoy the Benefits of our
Group Purchasing Program

The SoCalBio Group Purchasing Program includes the following providers:

• Lab supplies by VWR
• Office and technology solutions by Office Depot
• D&O insurance by Monitor Liability Insurance
• Liability insurance by Chubb and Bolton
• Employee benefits and health insurance by ABD Insurance
• PR and news distribution by Business Wire
• Industrial gases by Air Gas
• Pre-owned lab equipment by BioSurplus
• Employee screening by Choice Point 
• Moving & storage by Humbold

Program discounts and other benefits are offered exclusively to SoCalBio device, biotech, and R&D member companies and service providers in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

See SoCalBio membership information and benefits at: http://www.socalbio.org/membership/membership_form.htm