SoCalBio Participates in BIO's Legislative Day in Washington DC

Held on March 13 (with an orientation meeting for participating executives on March 12) and organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) in collaboration with regional bioscience associations throughout the US, the BIO Legislative Day involves meetings with legislators in the House and Senate about the importance of the biotechnology industry to our future and how to best protect and grow the life-science industry in the United States .... Learn more

China to Reform Food and Drug Safety Oversight

The Burrill Report says that "China's leaders are planning to reorganize the way food and drug safety is regulated in the country in an attempt to improve the process and reduce overlapping enforcement responsibilities in related agencies. The move reflects an attempt by the government to deal with safety scandals that have rocked the nation, sickening thousands of Chinese and creating global concerns over the safety of the country's food and drug exports" ... Read more

Global Gastrointestinal Devices Market to Grow

to $33 Billion in 2023

Gastrointestinal devices treat a multutide of disorders including oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer and Crohn's disease. Similar to the factors that are propelling the device market overall, use of gastrointestinal devices is increasing because of rapid advancements in technology, an aging global population and a desire for minimally invasive procedures ... Read more

Edwards' Sapien Device as Effective as

Open Heart Surgery

Edwards Lifesciences' Sapien device, inserted into the heart via a catheter to fix a diseased aortic valve, is as safe and effective as open heart surgery for as long as three years, researchers said. The study presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in San Francisco provides reassuring data about the device approved in the U.S. in October as the first alternative to traditional surgery. The trial, dubbed Partner, found 44.8 percent of surgery patients died within three years, compared with 44.2 percent of Sapien patients ... Read more

Globizz (Gardena)

Globizz is an international consulting company with extensive experience in cross-border business. The company provides strategic planning and risk management services to Japanese companies interested in expansion in the US  and American companies interested in doing business in Japan... Learn more

Interlean LLC (Lawndale)

Interlean is created by Mr William Botha, formerly with Baxter Biosciences and Avrio Biopharmaceuticals, to offer Lean deployment services customized to fit the needs of the tightly regulated pharmaceutical and medical device companies ...learn more

Quantason (Los Angeles)

Quantason has developed a revolutionary, next-generation bi-modal (US/IDUS) platform technology which fundamentally changes the utilization of conventional ultrasound both as a modality for diagnostic imaging and as an active screening method ... Learn more

Amethyst Life Sciences 

@ the New Ventura BioCenter (Thousand Oaks)

Amethyst Life Sciences, Inc., is a privately-funded company whose mission is to enable new start-up businesses in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceutical science, nanotechnology, and materials science ... Learn more

Exact Staff, Inc. (Woodland Hills)

Exact Staff is a healthcare and medical device staffing service provider. The company will be represented in SoCalBio by its CEO Ms. Karen Goodwin kgoodwin@exactstaff.com  ... Learn more