• Breath-analysis testing may prove to be an effective, non-invasive method for monitoring blood sugar levels in diabetes, according to a University of California, Irvine study
  The study led by Pietro Galassetti (photo right), a diabetes researcher with the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at UCI, suggests measuring methyl nitrates which is exhaled in significantly higher concentrations by type I diabetics when they are hyperglycemic ... Click here to access study

• House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 325-72, H.R. 3567, the Small Business Investment Expansion Act of 2007.  
  This legislation was supported by SoCalBio. Bill allows small venture capital-backed companies to once again access SBA programs, including access to SBIR grants -- through a change in the definition of what it means to be “independently owned and controlled.” 
• Bush Signs Drug Safety Bill Into Law (includes reauthorizing PDUFA and MDUFMA)

• FDA’s Oversight of Clinical Trials Assailed by OIG
  Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services releases a report claiming that little is done to promote patient safety and recommending improvement of information systems and processes at the FDA...  Click here to access the report in a PDF format 

• Advanced Medical Optics (Tustin):
  • AMO and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Agree on U.S. Patent License Agreement
• Amgen (Thousand Oaks):
  • Amgen Receives Proposal for Amending EU Prescribing Information for Aranesp(R)
• Beckman Coulter (Fullerton):
  • Beckman Coulter Signs Agreements With Alverno Clinical Laboratories, LLC to Provide Medical Laboratory Instruments and Supplies
• Cougar Biotechnology (Los Angeles):
  • Cougar Biotechnology Appoints Samuel Saks to Board of Directors
• Ista Pharmaceuticals (Irvine):
  • ISTA Pharmaceuticals Expands Its Pipeline in Allergy Treatments
• Karl Storz (Culver City):
  • KARL STORZ Image 1(R) HD Video Platform Named Innovation of the Year by Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
• Molecular Express (Rancho Dominguez):
  • Molecular Express announces award of U01 cooperative research partnership from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop an influenza vaccine
• North American Scientific (Chatsworth):
  • North American Scientific Announces First ClearPath(TM)-HDR Clinical Experience
• Obagi Medical Products (Long Beach):
  • Obagi Medical files for offering of 6.3 million shares
• Second Sight Medical Products (Sylmar):
  • A Look Into The Future: Dream Vision
• THEROX (Irvine)
  • THEROX Announces Completion of Pivotal Trial of SuperOxygenation Therapy for Myocardial Salvage Intervention
• Watson Pharmaceuticals (Corona):
  • Watson Receives FDA Approval for Generic Accuneb(R)
• Zynx Health (Los Angeles):
  • Zynx Health Releases Updates to Evidence-Based Decision Support Solutions

• Keck Graduate Institute:
  • Master of Bioscience Degree
  • Executive Education for Women in the Life Science Industry
• University of Southern California:
  • Master's in Regulatory Science 
  • Certificates: Food Safety, Patient & Product Safety, Clinical Trial Design & Management
• University of California Irvine:
  • Medical Product Development Certificate Program
  • Clinical Trials Certificate Program
• California State University Fullerton:
  • Certificate in Pharmaceutical Engineering
  • Certificate in Pharmaceutical Product Lifecycle Risk Management

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The 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 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 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.