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August 20, 2012




Editor: Ahmed Enany 
President & CEO
Southern California
Biomedical Council

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Company Presentations . Keynote Speeches . Panel Discussions . Exhibits . Poster Show . Networking Opportunities

November 7, 2012 -- Omni Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles

Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities Available

Interested in making a business presentation during this conference? Please send an executive summary to [email protected]

Funding

Life Sciences Firms Raised $1.4 Billion in Second Quarter

 

dollarSign2 The PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report found 39 percent drop in the amount invested and 22 percent decline in number of deals in the second quarter from the same quarter in 2011. Total money invested in the sector that includes biotechnology and medical devices was $1.4 billion in the second quarter and the number of deals fell to 174. What's more, the results show a four quarter slide ... Read more

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Eventbrite - SoCalBio Networking Forum in LA County: Bioscience Regions in the U.S. Trends, Best Practices and Competitive Strategies
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Bioscience Regions in the U.S. Trends, Best Practices and Competitive Strategies
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Mitch Horowitz, Managing Director

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SoCalBio W3 Mixer

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This quarterly SoCalBio W3 Mixer took place at Baxter Bioscience's facility in Westlake Village, CA
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Speakers Linda Pullan and Carolyn Siegal answer questions about bio-partnering from the audience
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The W3 Mixer is a forum to support bioscience women entrepreneurship
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Dr. Richard Gatti of UCLA and SMRT Therapeutics engages the speakers in a discussion about biopartnering strategies for early stage companies
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Over 50 executives from bioscience companies in Los Angeles, Ventura , Santa Barbara and Orange Counties attended the W3 Mixer on August 9
Med Device R&D

Who Spends the Most of Medical Device R&D?

 

dollarSign Alcon, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, GE and Toshiba top the list of med device R&D big spenders according to MassDevice.com's Big 100 database of the 100 largest med-tech makers .. Read more
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M&As

Biotech Industry Soaring in 2012 -- M&A Activity at a Four-Year High as Large Pharmaceuticals Face Major Patent Cliffs

 

MandA According to recent data from Thomas Reuters, biotech mergers & acquisitions activity is currently at a four-year high as large pharmaceuticals are facing major patent cliffs. So far in 2012 the volume of biotech M&A has exceeded $25 billion, compared to roughly 10 billion in the same period of 2011 ... Read more

Ophthalmology
Global Opthalmology Drug and Device Market
 to Reach $52.4B by 2017

SoCalBio Logo A MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the global market for ophthalmology devices and drugs will reach $52.4 billion in 2017, driven by evolving demographics, an aging population and a growing emphasis on combination drug therapies. The report also notes that the Asia Pacific region will achieve the fastest growth, particularly in China and India ... Read more
Cardiology

 

Biosense The Diamond Bar-based Biosense Webster has released in the United States its new CARTO 3 MEM (Multi-Electrode Mapping) version of its 3D cardiac mapping system. The new model features multi-electrode catheters for high image resolution when identifying foci of arrhythmias ... Read more

Diagnostics

Applied BioCode Awarded Barcoded Magnetic Beads Analyzer Patent for  Multiplex MDx Assays

 

MultiplexDx "The new patent expands our 3 earlier patents for polymer-based Barcoded Magnetic Beads by including the analytical multiplex system that is responsible for high accuracy and high sensitivity bioassays," said Winston Ho, PhD, President of the Santa Fe Springs-base Applied BioCode. "These patents solidify our intellectual property portfolio by further protecting our encoded polymer bead technology and providing our products with long term market value" ... Read more
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On the Move

Obagi Medical Products Appoints Mark Taylor as Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Investor Relations

 

Obagilogo Mr. Taylor comes to Obagi with more than 20 years of experience working with specialty pharmaceutical companies in high-level capacities. Most recently, Mr. Taylor was at Roth Capital Partners, LLC where for over a six-year tenure he served health care clients in institutional sales, investment banking, and equity research. From May of 2003 to October of 2007, Mr. Taylor was Roth's specialty pharmaceutical analyst where he published on as many as 25 companies, including Obagi ... Read more
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