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January 23 - 24, 2012

Computer History Museum, Silicon Valley 

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EMBC2012

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January 17, 2012



Editor: Ahmed Enany 
President & CEO
Southern California
Biomedical Council

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June 11 - 13, 2012
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Register for SoCalBio Networking Forum in Los Angeles County: The Promise of Exoskeletal Technologies in Medical & Industrial Applications in Los Angeles, CA  on Eventbrite
SoCalBio Networking Forum
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
4:00 to 7:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
 
Featuring a presentation on
The Promise of Exoskeletal Devices in Medical and Industrial Applications
by
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Eric Golden, President & CEO, Equipois
Founded in 2006, Equipois is a West Los Angeles-based company affiliated with Nant Holdings, a Patrick Soon-Shiong company. Equipois designs and manufactures revolutionary dynamic exoskeletal technologies that support the musculoskeletal system while allowing full spatial and rotational freedom of motion. The company's patented zeroG and X-­-Ar systems are designed to support a range of manufacturing, heavy industrial, bioresearch, medical, defense and other applications in order to increase productivity and safety... More information 
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Companies utilizing the SoCalBio Group Purchasing Program enjoy significant savings on products and services procured through this program. Here are the actual savings generated from the SoCalBio-FedEx program for shipping services:

 

Shipping Services Spend Range Under the SoCalBio - FedEx Program
Average Savings Under the SoCalBio - FedEx Program  
> $100k$39,302
$50k - $100k$16,336
$25k - $50k$12,895
$10k - $25k$5,062
$1k - $10k$1,168
< $1000$129
 
The savings represent average annual savings of the actual program participants in the SoCalBio-FedEx program.  Results will vary based on individual company's Product Mix and Purchase Volume ... Learn more 
Trends
2011 Was a Banner Year for Private Biotech Company Mergers and Acquisitions

About 64 private M&A deals closed in 2011, representing $23B in proceeds (upfronts and milestones). The capital returned to investors from these M&A deals alone likely exceeded the total capital invested into private biotech companies .... Read more
Brain Cancer Vaccines
The Woodland Hills-Based ImmunoCell Therapeutics Is Listed Among Pharma Leaders Emerging In Immunotherapy Approach To Fighting Glioblastoma 
 
With hopes high due to ImmunoCellular Therapeutics' stellar phase I data behind it, a recent "Seeking Alpha" blog contends that this "$42.4 million biotech will start capturing attention as 2012 catalysts approach. Analysts are already taking note as a December 1st announcement that Global Hunter Securities analysts has given the common stock a $5.00 price target with a "buy" rating. This is only the beginning as ImmunoCellular is on the forefront of immunotherapy vaccines for GBM and other cancers with a wide range of applications" ... Read blog
Wound Care
The Irvine-Based Links Medical Products Announces Advanced Wound Care Dressings for Veterinary Use

Made with 100% active medical-grade Manuka honey, the products provide veterinarians with dressings to help manage and treat animal wounds and burns and to speed healing. Extensive research demonstrates medical-grade Manuka honey offers bacteriostatic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties to promote accelerated wound healing. And the high osmotic activity of Manuka honey maintains a moist wound healing environment and helps clean and debride wounds while controlling malodors ... Read more
Honors
Isolite Dental's Isolation System Receives Townie Choice Award

The Santa Barbara-based Isolite Dental received the "Townie Choice Award" for its isolation system (photo right) which combines the functions of light, suction and retraction into a single device. These awards were started by Dr. Howard Farran and Farran Media in 2003 to assist dentists in making purchasing decisions and are considered the "people's choice" of the products and services available in the dental industry today ... Read more
Critical Care
Masimo Received Clearance for its Pronto-7 Device

The Irvine-basec Masimo received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Pronto-7 device that allows for quick and noninvasive bedside checking of total hemoglobin (SpHb), SpO2, pulse rate, and perfusion index. This is a unique tool that makes finger pricking and direct blood sampling unnecessary when watching patients' hemoglobin levels, either in OR or in critical care settings ... Read more
M&As
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Increases Proposed Price for Acquisition of ISTA Pharmaceuticals

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. announced that it has increased the proposed price of its previously announced offer to acquire the Irvine-based ISTA Pharmaceuticals from $6.50 to $7.50 per share in cash ...Read more
Personnel
The Los Angeles-Based Genesis Biopharma Appoints Biotech Industry Veteran Hans E. Bishop to Its Board of Directors

Mr. Bishop has had a long and distinguished career in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies where he has led and managed business and commercial operations both in the U.S. and abroad. With the addition of Mr. Bishop, Genesis Biopharma now has eight Board members. Most recently, Mr. Bishop was with Dendreon Corporation as Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for operational management of the business including manufacturing and commercial operations ... Read more

George J. Morrow Joins PBS Biotech Advisory Board

"We're honored to have Mr. Morrow (photo right) as a member of our Advisory Board," said Brian Lee, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Camarillo-based PBS Biotech. "With over 30 years of global commercial business operations experience at top biopharmaceutical firms, George has a broad and distinguished record of success. At this critical stage as we transition to a fully commercialized company, we look forward to benefiting from his expertise in the biotech industry," he said ...Read more

The Monrovia-Based Prolacta Bioscience Names Sally Crawford to Board of Directors

Sally Crawford  served as COO of Healthsource, Inc., a publicly traded NYSE HMO and managed care company. She has also served as a health care consultant to industry leaders such as Bayer HealthCare. Ms. Crawford serves as a member of the board of directors for several healthcare organizations, including Hologic, Inc., EXACT Sciences, Inc., Zalicus Inc., Universal American and Insulet Corporation ... Read more
Jobs Available
Gilead (San Dimas)

Quest Diagnostics

 

Quest currently has the following openings in its labs located in the Greater Los Angeles region. To get more information and to apply, contact Marisa Stubbs, Sr. Staffing Specialist - CLS recruiting for Southern California at Quest Diagnostics, at marisastubbs16@gmail.com: 

 

Valencia-Nichols Institute/Specialty Labs 

  • CLS I in AL
  • Specimen Tech I
Valencia-Clinical Trials division 
  • Histotechnologist I and II
  • Sr. Scientist, Anatomic Pathology
  • CLS I in Immunology
  • CLS III/Lead in Immunoflow
  • Sr. Scientist, Test Development
  • Project Manager
  • Mgr, QA Technical
West Hills Lab
  • CLS I Immunochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular 
  • Supervisor, Lab CLS AutoChem 
  • Lab Assistant 
  • Asst. Specimen Processor 
  • QA 
  • Black Belt 
  • Director of Pathology 
  • Pathology Assistant 
  • Grossing Technician  
  • Histotechnologist I & II 
Cypress-Focus Diagnostics
  • Laboratory Technician II Molecular Diagnostics
  • Laboratory Technician I & II  Clinical Trials

San Juan Capistrano-Nichols Institute   

  • CLS I & II Biochemical Genetics
  • CLS I Hematology/Oncology, Microbiology, Molecular, Steroids, Virology
  • Lab Associates  
  • Histotechnologist II  
  • Lab Supervisor, Hematology  

  Aviir, Inc. (Irvine) 

Advanced Bionics (Sylmar & Valencia)

  • Click here to see a list of 37 available engineering, manufacturing, clinical, quality and sales jobs at Advanced Bionics

Equipois (Los Angeles)

Neumedicines (Pasadena)

Chromologic (Pasadena)

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