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July 9, 2012
|  Editor: Ahmed Enany
President & CEO
Southern California
Biomedical Council
enany@socalbio.org
www.socalbio.org
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| SoCalBio Video Presentation | |
L.A. by Design: Mastering the Nuances of Design to Win in an Increasingly Competitive MedTech Scape
Joel Delman, Creative Director of Product Development Technologies (PDT - http://PDT.com) talks about how to optimize medical product design for emerging international markets. Event held May 31st at the Alfred Mann Foundation for Scientific Research in Santa Clarita, Calif. More info at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3030894487.
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| RSVP Now |
7/19/12, 8AM - 5PM -- SoCalBio Workforce Summit @ Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
This SoCalBio summit will provide an opportunity to enhance the partnerships among bioscience industry executives, educational institutions and workforce development.organizations for bioscience talent development and job creation.
The SoCalBio Networking Forums bring together leaders from all segments of the life-science industry to share insights and learn about how the digital-medical convergence is changing the face of healthcare in the US.
This is a meeting of bioscience women executives and allied service providers affiliated with SoCalBio to encourage women entrepreneurship in the biosciences.
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| New SoCalBio Members | |
Vince and Associates Clinical Research (Irvine)
 Vince and Associates Clinical Research is an industry leader that provides comprehensive multi-specialty (Phase I - III) clinical trial services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industry ... Learn more
BionCR (Irvine)
 BionCR Development is a biopharmaceutical company translating highly innovative scientific research into drug development programs for patient populations with unmet and critical clinical needs .... Learn more
Exponent (Menlo Park, Los Angeles & Irvine)
 Exponent is an engineering and scientific consulting firm providing solutions to complex problems. The firm has been best known for analyzing accidents and failures to determine their causes, but in recent years it has become more active in assisting clients with human health, environmental and engineering issues associated with new products to help prevent problems in the future ... Learn more
Integrity Bio, Inc. (Camarillo)
 Integrity Bio, Inc. provides formulation development, process development, and contract manufacturing services for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies in the United States and internationally. ...Learn more
Claremont BioSolutions (Upland)
 Claremont BioSolutions (ClaremontBio) is dedicated to next-generation devices for lysis and nucleic acid extraction from microbial cells for PCR ready sample. This novel technology can be applied to point-of-care systems, mini flow through platforms and various other integrations ... Learn more
One3 IP Management (Newbury Park)
One3 IP is dedicated to intellectual property management. The company is represented in SoCalBio by its CEO Peter Weinstein peter_weinstein@one3ip.com
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| Coming in September | |
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| Vox Populi |
Are You FOR or AGAINST Labeling
Genetically Modified Food
When Californians go to the polls in November, they will vote on a proposition that requires labeling genetically modified food. If passes this proposition would make California the first state in the US enforcing such labeling requirement. Click here for a commentary by NPR on this initiative.
Your Opinion Matters to SoCalBio
Are you for or against labeling GM food?
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(voting is anonymous)
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| Medical Device Monitoring |
FDA Unveils Medical-Device Tracking Plan
 Medical devices including catheters, defibrillators, heart stents and artificial joints will carry unique identification numbers under a plan proposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to improve patient safety. The program would apply to most medical devices and cost as much as $68.4 million a year, according to a pending rule proposal made public on the FDA's website today. The plan would be implemented over seven years to allow companies, doctors, hospitals and regulators to prepare and spread out the costs ... Read more
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Arterial Plaque Buster
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The Irvine-Based AtheroNova Receives Notice of Allowance for Its US Patent for the Dissolution of Arterial Plaque Using Hyodeoxycholic Acid
 "We have worked diligently with our patent counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, to achieve this major milestone and we want to thank them for their efforts," said AtheroNova CEO Thomas W. Gardner (photo right). "We are very confident that this patent will support our development project for AHRO-001 and will enhance our ability to fully capitalize on the intellectual property potential that this patent represents. We can now move forward with several additional compounds in the AHRO family described in our patent applications. AtheroNova is continuing to build significant momentum as we prepare for initiation of our Phase I clinical trials later this year" ... Read more
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| Point of Care Dx |
Holomic Introduces a Cellphone-Based Rapid Test Reader at AACC 2012
 The UCLA spinoff Holomic LLC (West Los Angeles) will introduce HRDT-1 - its new cellphone-based rapid diagnostic test reader - at the AACC annual conference to be held in Los Angeles on July 17-19. The reader combines the features and the power of today's smartphones with advanced optical and software design to give the user a unique lightweight, handheld, accurate, and economical reader for improved rapid diagnostics with lateral flow immunoassay devices ... Read more
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| Heart Valves |
Edwards Gains Go-Ahead for Intuity
 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (Irvine) can now initiate the Transform trial in the US with the conditional Investigational Device Exemption ("IDE") from the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). The trial will evaluate the company's Intuity valve system in surgical aortic valve replacement ("AVR") procedures. The timeliness of the trial initiation keeps intact the company's expectation of a mid-year approval ... Read more
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| Glioblastoma Vaccine |
ImmunoCellular Provides Update on Phase II Clinical Trial of ICT-107 for Treatment of Glioblastoma
 The Woodland Hills-based company announced that it will expand its current Phase IIb trial of ICT-107 from 102 to up to 123 patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and who are HLA-A1/A2 positive. There are currently 231 patients enrolled in the study and more than 105 patients have either been treated or are scheduled to be randomized and treated over the next few weeks. The Company expects to complete the expanded enrollment within the next 60 days. "We believe that the increase in the number of patients may further validate the study, and accelerate the path to data analysis," said Manish Singh, Ph.D. (photo right), President and CEO of ImmunoCellular Therapeutics. "The additional patients could also provide for a more robust and meaningful trial" .... Read more
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| M&As |
The Costa Mesa-Based California Medical Laboratories Is Acquired by the Italian Group Sorin for $14 Million
 CalMed develops, manufactures and distributes a complete range of cannulae, catheters and accessories for cardiac surgery. Available in more than 45 countries worldwide, CalMed products are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are CE marked for commercialization in the European Union. In 2011 Fiscal Year (ended September 30th, 2011) CalMed reported revenues of almost $8 million... read more
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| Jobs Available |
Vertos Medical (Aliso Viejo, CA)
- Product Marketing Manager
(Reporting to the Director of Marketing, the Product Marketing Manager will focus on consumer and professional marketing efforts for the Company and medical device product line. Vertos Medical is a privately-held medical device company that develops minimally-invasive devices for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).Skills and Experience required: 7 plus years of business experience, 4 plus years of medical device or pharmaceutical marketing and/or product management experience, Copywriting experience is a plus, and Bachelor's degree. Send resumes toTim Andren at andren@mbsearch.net
InTouch Health (Santa Barbara)
Sofie Biosciences (Culver City)
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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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