Southern California Biomedical Council (SCBC or SoCalBio)

The Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio or SCBC) is the trade association of the life-science industry in Greater Los Angeles. The mission of SoCalBio is to represent and promote medical device and biotechnology industry in Los Angeles and Orange Counties as well as adjacent communities in the Inland Empire and Gold Coast.

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SoCalBio Hosted a Dinner on July 9 at the California Club Including the Leadership of Sister Industry Trade Associations -- BayBio and BIOCOM -- to Announce Future Action Agenda ... read message from the President of SoCalBio



About 40 executives representing the three California trade associations participated in this dinner

The dinner provided a great networking opportunity for BayBio, BIOCOM and SoCalBio board members

From left: BayBio board member Jeff Peterson, CEO of Target Discovery with SoCalBio's Brendon Keiser of Baxter and Jennifer Neff of Allvivo Vascular	From left: SoCalBio board member Dr. Pankaj Singhal of Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics with Dr. Jeff Bloss of Xencor
BayBio Chairman David Martin of Avid Biotics, BayBio President Matt Gardner and SoCalBio board member Rob Greenberg of Second Sight Medical Products
Todd Kaufman of Genentech (left) chats with David Martin of Avid Biotics and Jeff Peterson, CEO of Target Discovery. Gesturing in the background is SoCalBio board member Mich Gallagher of LS Technologies

SoCalBio, BIOCOM and BayBio Forge a Strategic Alliance to Collectively Promote and Advocate on Behalf of California's Life Science Industry ... read all about it

From left: Joe Panetta, President & CEO, BIOCOM; Ahmed Enany, President & CEO, SoCalBio; and Matt Gardner, President & CEO, BayBio announce the California Life Science Alliance during 2008 BIO International Convention in San Diego

From left: Matt Gardner, President & CEO, BayBio, Joe Panetta, President & CEO, BIOCOM, and Ahmed Enany, President & CEO, SoCalBio affirm commitment to collaborate on public policy issues of interest to the California life science community

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The six-county region of Greater Los Angeles is home to about 900 medtech, biotech, pharma, nutraceutical and consmeceutical companies employing about 85,000 people.

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Welcome New Members

Momentum Biosciences, LLC (Culver City)
This West-Los Angeles-based life-science incubator is focused on nurturing startup projects from UCLA and Caltech. The following startups -- Cellfluidics, ImagineAB and VitalVax -- are among the incubator's portfolio companies.... Learn More
Harlan Sprague Dawley/RCC (Los Angeles Office)
A global provider of preclinical research tools and services that enable innovative and efficient discovery and development research in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agrochemical, industrial chemical and food industries ... Learn More
Commercial Capital Resources (Sherman Oaks)
Offering B2B services to owners and corporate executives in areas such as commercial finance, leasing, lending and factoring, R&D tax credit, profit recovery and expense reduction techniques. Company will be represented in SoCalBio by Peter Athanas, Business Consultant, Expense Reduction Adviser, Broker (818 621 9886 -- peter@commcapresources.com)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is a national law firm with approximately 500 attorneys in nine offices located in Seattle and Bellevue (Wash.), Portland (Ore.), Anchorage (Alaska), Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanghai, China. For more info, see: http://www.dwt.com
IVD Technologies
A Santa Ana, CA-based developer and manufacturer of thyroid function tests and diabetes immunodiagnostic products. Company will be represented in SoCalBio by its President Dr. Marwan Nasralla. See more info at: http://www.ivdtechnologies.com
J. R. Phillip & Associates Inc.
A retainer-based Executive Search Firm servicing clients in technology-driven fields such as Medical (Pharmaceuticals, Devices and Diagnostics), Life Sciences (Biotechnology) and Healthcare. The Firm was founded to provide clients with true, direct recruitment of seasoned, highly respected senior executives who have a demonstrated record of achievements. Company will be represented in SoCalBio by its founder Mr. John R. Phillip. For more info see: http://www.jrphillip.com
Radlink
A Redondo Beach-based manufacturer of digital medical imaging equipment for diagnostic use. Company will be represented in SoCalBio by Thomas T. Hacking, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. See more info at: http://www.radlink.com
Crowell & Moring LLP (Irvine):
A full-service, international law firm with over 400 attorneys practicing in more than 40 practice areas. The Irvine office provides full-service solutions for start-up and emerging life science companies in Southern California, including on litigation, general corporate, finance, technology and cross-border transaction, health care compliance and regulatory, labor and employment, and intellectual property matters. Crowell & Moring is represented in SoCalBio by Partner Karen Gibbs (photo right) who leads the firm's Health Care practice on the West Coast.
ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (Woodland Hills):
ImmunoCellular is developing new cellular immunotherapies targeting brain cancer, and monoclonal antibodies to diagnose and treat several different cancers. Company is represented in SoCalBio by President & CEO Manish singh, Ph.D. (photo right)
American Qualex (San Clemente):
Manufactures antibodies, peptides, and immunology, cell biology, molecular biology, and biochemical reagents to OEM and custom specifications, including vialed kit components, coated microtiter plates, and beads. American Qualex is represented in SoCalBio by President & CEO Dan Moothart.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing Standards for Safety for over a century. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems annually with 21 billion UL Marks appearing on 72,000 manufacturers' products each year. UL's worldwide family of companies and network of service providers includes 62 laboratory, testing and certification facilities serving customers in 99 countries .. visit web site.
Bingham McCutchen (Costa Mesa):
A national law firm with nearly 1,000 attorneys in 13 offices. The firm represents clients in cross-border restructurings and insolvencies, high-stakes litigation, complex financing and regulatory matters, government affairs, and a wide variety of corporate and technology transactions. Bingham will be represented in SoCalBio by Mr. Rob Funston (Photo right), who leads the firm’s life-science team on the West Coast ... go to web site
Bioplate (Los Angeles):
A medical device developer and manufacturer offering over 150 different titanium plates, a large variety of mesh sizes, and various sizes of self-tapping and self-drilling screws for various Cranio-Maxillo-Facial fixation markets. Bioplate will be represented in SoCalBio by its President Mr. Bill Lamm ... go to web site
Rady Center for Executive Development at UCSD (San Diego):
The Center for Executive Development offers programs for professionals in a non-degree format. "Biotech Demystified" is one of the programs offered to prepare global life-science industry professionals for new heights of leadership. See announcement below.
Cellestis (Valencia):
Cellestis develops and markets QuantiFERON technology products for medical diagnosis and scientific research. The QuantiFERON technology is a patented whole blood method for detecting cell mediated immune (CMI) responses of T cell lymphocytes using whole blood samples.
ATEK Medical Manufacturing (Irvine):
ATEK's capabilities include disposable and electro-mechanical medical device development, launch, assembly, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, microbiology services, sterilization management, supply chain management, and distribution services.
C3 Jian (Inglewood):
A developer of products to diagnose, treat and prevent bacterial and fungal infections.C3's technologies are applicable to both the medical and dental markets. Areas of focus include the eradication of bacteria that cause cavities (dental caries infections) and targeted antimicrobial therapy for medical microbial pathogens primarily on mucosal surfaces. C3's technologies can be used in other applications including commercial crop infection management, food processing, livestock and pet infections.
Canopus Biopharma (Studio City):
A developer of pharmaceutical products and assay methods to patients suffering from infectious disease, cancer, and addiction.
Capricor Inc.
8700 Beverly Blvd , Davis Building, Room D-1063
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 428-5793
Capricor is a stem cell company founded by renowned Cedars Sinai-based cardiologist and heart researcher Eduardo Marban to focus on repairing cardiac tissue damage. Company will be represented in SoCalBio by its President and CEO Oliver Foellmer (photo right).
Symphony Medical
26051 Merit Circle, Suite 104
Laguna Hills, CA 96253
(949) 348-1188
Symphony is a venture-funded device company developing proprietary biopolymer and cellular-based biologic therapies to effectively treat chronic and post-operative atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Company will be represented in SoCalBio by COO Frank Ahmann