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Welcome, New SoCalBio Members
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Join SoCalBio
Join SoCalBio leaders to promote the biotech and device industries in Los Angeles, Orange County and neighboring communities for job creation and overall economic growth.
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January 23, 2012 
|  Editor: Ahmed Enany
President & CEO
Southern California
Biomedical Council
enany@socalbio.org
www.socalbio.org
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| Coming in February |
- February 14, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm:
SoCalBio Executive Luncheon and Roundtable Discussion in Ventura County (By Invitation Only)... Click here for more info and to RSVP  February 16, 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Alfred Mann Foundation in Santa Clarita:
SoCalBio Women, Work & Wisdom (W3) Mixer (By Invitation Only)... Click here for more info and to RSVP February 23, 7:00 to 9:30 am at UCI University Club:
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| New Member | Holomic LLC Joins SoCalBio
 | | Neven Karlovac, CEO, Holomic LLC |
Holomic LLC is a spinoff from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, with offices in nearby Westwood, Los Angeles, and a laboratory on UCLA campus in the California Nano-Systems Institute's Incubator. The company seeks to commercialize mobile microscopy applications for life-science research and diagnostics. Holomic is represented in SoCalBio by its co-founder and CEO Neven Karlovac (photo right) ... Learn more
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Jon Lasch, PhD, Director of AMI - USC
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Read about AMI-USC, An Institute That Helps Inventors Become Entrepreneurs
For 10 years, the AMI-USC has shepherded medical devices from the inventor's bench to the commercial market, navigating regulatory hurdles and business pitfalls along the way. The not-for-profit's mission includes everything from securing funding for an invention to performing a market analysis and figuring out who its potential buyers would be ...Read more
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| SoCalBio Sponsored Events | | 
Ecosystem of an Entrepreneurial UCLA
Monday, January 30, 2012
3:30-5:30pm
CNSI Auditorium
Free event but pre-registration is a MUST
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| Device Regulation | Faulty French Breast Implants May Upend
U.S. Device Debate
Medical device makers have spent the last year urging U.S. officials to approve high-risk products faster, like their European counterparts. A scandal over leaking breast implants made in France may make the argument harder ... Read more
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| Legal Settlements | | Pharma Groups Brace for Costly Settlements
Medical companies are braced for a series of costly settlements this year over actions brought by US agencies for alleged bribery and aggressive marketing practices overseas, even as they seek to raise ethical standards and improve self regulation around the globe ... Read more
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| Biosimilars | | Biotechs Cut Biosimilar Deals As FDA Carves Path
 Recent moves by the Food and Drug Administration have given drugmakers hope of unlocking the big potential of biosimilar drugs, and have helped spark a recent frenzy of dealmaking by biotechs. The latest FDA action that could take biosimilars out of regulatory purgatory was a user-fee proposal unveiled just this month. But drugmakers have already been prepping for what they hope is a new era ... Read more
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| Botox | Allergan Looks to Benefit from Botox Demand, Business Mix
 More than 80 dermatologists and plastic surgeons polled by Leerink Swann recently said they expect 5% growth in Botox and facial filler treatments in the next 12 months. They also predict a 5% increase in consultations ... Read more |
| SoCalBio Helps You Save Money | |
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-VWR program for lab equipment and supplies:
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Lab Supplies Spend Range Under SoCalBio-VWR Program
| Average Savings Off List Price Under SoCalBio-VWR Program | | > $2M | $2,682,800 | | $1M - $2M | $931,959 | | $500k - $1M | $472,161 | | $250k - $500k | $252,683 | | $100k - $250k | $108,145 | | $50k - $100k | $53,582 | | $25k - $50k | $23,812 | | $10k - $25k | $12,304 | | < $10k | $2,696 |
The savings represent average annual savings of the actual program participants in the BIO-VWR program. Results will vary based on individual company's Product Mix and Purchase Volume ... Learn more
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| Biotech Funding | |
Biotechnology Funding Hits 4-Year High While Startups Seek New Investments
Venture capital investment in biotechnology increased 22 percent last year, while the number of those receiving their first funding declined. Funding for medical-device and equipment companies also rose 20 percent, with first-time funding falling to a 16-year low ... Read more
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Jobs Available
| | Physician Therapeutics (Los Angeles)
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| About SoCalBio |
 SoCalBio membership links you to partners, contract manufacturers, regulatory and legal experts, and policy makers. The organization's programs help emerging biotech and medical device companies grow. Membership is affordable -- as low as $500 -- and offers access to networking opportunities, advocacy, discounts through our group purchasing program group purchasing program and other benefits you simply can't find elsewhere ... Join SoCalBio |
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