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July 23, 2012
|  Editor: Ahmed Enany
President & CEO
Southern California
Biomedical Council
enany@socalbio.org
www.socalbio.org
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| SoCalBio Workforce Summit | |
Thanks to Bioscience Executives, Educators and Workforce Training Professionals Who Attended the SoCalBio Workforce Summit Held July 19 at the LA Chamber of Commerce
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Replenish Inc. -- a Pasadena-based developer of devices for drug delivery -- came to the Summit to fill 19 engineering positions
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 | | Sean Caffey, MD, President & CEO, Replenish Inc. (Pasadena) networks with Albert Oaten, VP ,AppFolio SecureDocs(Santa Barbara) |
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| Regional Bioscience Growth | |
Los Angeles County Retains Battelle Technology Partnership Practice to Develop a Biocience Industry Growth Strategy
 In a bid to enhance Los Angeles' competitiveness in the bioscience landscape, Los Angeles County retained Battelle Technology Partnership to develop a strategic plan for growing the County's bioscience industry cluster. "We are pleased that we were selected for this project," said Mitch Horowitz (photo right), Vice President and Managing Director, Battelle's Technology Partnership Practice. "We have a start date of August 1st and we look forward to working with the bioscience industry in Los Angeles under the leadership of SoCalBio and other stakeholders to chart a biosciece industry growth map for the County" ... Learn more about Battelle Technology Partnership
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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 | |
Ritter Pharmaceuticals (Los Angeles)
 Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics based upon colonic adaptation to treat gastrointestinal diseases with an initial focus on lactose intolerance
. Colonic adaptation improves colon function by selectively increasing the growth of beneficial bacteria in the colonic ecosystem (digestive tract) ... Learn more
NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Laguna Hills)
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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| Public Policy |
Battle Over Genetically Engineered Food
Heading to Voters
 A fight over genetically engineered foods has been heating up in the nation's grocery aisles. Now it's headed for the ballot box. Voters will soon decide whether to make California the first state in the country to require labels on products such as sweet corn whose genes have been altered to make them resistant to pests ... Read more at the LA Times
Your Opinion Matters to SoCalBio
Are you for or against labeling GM food?
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(voting is anonymous)
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| Regulations |
Europe Proposes Revision of Clinical-Trial Rules
 Among the reforms outlined by the European Union (EU) health commissioner, John Dalli, are a centralized application procedure for trials run in more than one country, and plans for Europe to inspect the regulation of trials in other countries, such as India and China ... Read more
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Pharmerging Markets
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A China Headache for World's Big Pharma Companies
 China seems destined to become the world's biggest pharmaceutical market; however, whether the profits multinational corporations (MNCs) realize will be similarly attractive remains very much in doubt ... In the space of eighteen months, pharmaceutical companies operating in China have born the brunt of a series of policy decisions, all of which have been set in motion by the Chinese government's need to expand healthcare coverage while controlling drug costs.... Read more
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| Dx M&As | |
Purchase of Organ Transplant Firm a Perfect Match
Jonathan Polakoff of the Los Angeles Business Journal writes about Thermo Fisher's acquisition of One Lambda in Canoga Park and the new owner's hope to grow sales overseas ... Read article (subscription required)
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| Ovarian Cancer |
Viral Genetics Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial
for Ovarian Cancer
 The San Marino-based company announced last week that the first patient has now been enrolled into the Phase 1 clinical trial sponsored by Viral Genetics' and supported by a donation from Scott and White Foundation. The trial will study Metabolic Disruption Technology (MDT) compounds in combination with an existing cancer therapy to treat drug-resistant ovarian cancer ... Read more
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| Diagnostics |
The Chatsworth-Based IRIS International Announces Distribution Agreement With Alifax and Launch
of ESR Automated Instrumentation
 "We expect the Alifax family of automated ESR systems to deliver increased productivity and efficiencies in laboratory labor utilization and reduced turnaround times (TAT) along with improved patient outcomes and physician satisfaction," stated Cesar M. Garcia, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IRIS International. "We are confident that these ESR products will become a market leader by delivering another innovative automation solution to the clinical laboratory. The addition of the ESR product line should also leverage our diagnostics sales and support team within the US. The synergies with our urinalysis sales call point and the strategic alignment with our 3GEMS hematology product in development make this product family addition an important step in our plans to expand into adjacent in-vitro diagnostics segments" ... Read Press Release
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| SoCalBio Membership Saves You Money | |
Become a SoCalBio Member and save money through utlizing the SoCalBio Group Purchasing Program
Video Recap of SoCalBio Open House
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| Jobs Available |
Replenish (Pasadena)
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- Electrical Engineer
- Lead Electrical Engineer
- Lead Mechanical Engineer
- Lead Mechanical Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- MEMS Engineer
- Test Engineer
- Test Engineer
- mf Engineer
- Cleanroom Technician
- Mechanical Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Software Engineer
- HR Manager
- Controller
- Executive Assistant
- Chemical Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
Claremont BioSolutions (Upland)
Bioscreen Testing Services (Torrance)
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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NanoSmart Pharma is developing immunoliposomal drugs for treating cancer. Learn more about the company at: 