UCLA Spin-offs Kite Pharmaceuticals and Neurosigma Featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal

Los Angeles Business Journal Deborah Crowe showcased Kite Pharma Inc., an early stage drug developer, that raised $20 million in a private placement and NeuroSigma Inc., which is commercializing a device to treat neurological conditions ranging from epilepsy to post-traumatic stress disorder ... Click here to access the article

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Blue Marble Game Company launched its first crowdfunding campaign to develop an interactive falls prevention video game called Zoezi Park

 

Blue Marble Game Company launched its first crowdfunding campaign to develop an interactive falls prevention video game called Zoezi Park, an initiative facilitated by the Alfred E. Mann Institute at the University of Southern California. Using cameras and sensors to track movement, the video game creates a computer-generated avatar that mimics the player on screen. The game then guides the player through activities to improve balance and physical strength while recording data of their progress. The data can be viewed by any healthcare professional with an internet connection ... Click here to be part of this exciting crowdfunding campaign 

Proa Medical Raises $1.1 Million

 

Mass Device reported that Proa Medical -- a Redondo Beach, Calif.-based Proa Medical, formerly called MedTools Inc. -- has raised $1.1 from  12 investors, according to a report filed with the SEC. Proa Medical is a private medical device company founded in 2010 by a team of physicians. The company's main product is a device used in surgical procedures for repairing the vaginal wall and perineum ... Read more

Puma Biotechnology Initiates Phase III Trial of PB272 (Neratinib) in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

 

The West Los Angeles-based Puma Biotechnology, Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, announced the initiation of its Phase III clinical trial of the Company's lead drug candidate PB272 (neratinib) in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have failed two or more prior treatments (third-line disease) ... Read more

MannKind Completes Phase 3 Clinical Study of AFREZZA in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Last Week, the Valencia, Calif.-based MannKind announced that all follow-up visits have been completed for the patients enrolled in Study 171, a Phase 3 clinical study of AFREZZA (insulin human [rDNA origin]) inhalation powder, an investigational, ultra rapid-acting mealtime insulin therapy, administered using MannKinds next-generation inhaler. MannKind expects to release data from this study later this summer ... Read press release