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Join SoCalBio leaders to promote the biotech and device industries in Los Angeles, Orange County and neighboring communities for job creation and overall economic growth.
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SoCalBio Board Member Marvin Garrett Named Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at Aerie Pharmaceuticals
 "I am delighted to be joining the exceptional Aerie team at this critical time in the advancement of the Company's lead products," stated Mr. Garrett (photo right). "There is a compelling need in glaucoma for therapies with distinctive mechanisms of action, as offered by the Company's product candidates, and I look forward to Aerie's lead program progressing into Phase 3 clinical testing." ... Read Press Release
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Coming May 15
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SoCalBio Workshop on
Accessing Government Grant Funding
May 15, 2014, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
@ Calit2 Auditorium, UCI (Irvine)
Your one-stop shop for information about new NIH and DoD non-dilutive grant funding opportunities for biosciencce companies and how to access them.
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Make Your Voice Heard in DC
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Join SoCalBio at the BIO Legislative Day in Washington, D.C. on April 8 and 9
Join SoCalBio's team and other biotechnology executives from across the country who will go to D.C. for a day and a half of legislative briefings and advocacy on Capitol Hill. This fly-in is organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization to give you the opportunity to meet with your congressional representative and other legislators to educate them about the importance of the biotech industry for job and wealth creation.
Contact SoCalBio, if you are a bioscience industry executive interested in participation and located in Los Angeles, Orange County, the Inland Empire and the communities of the Gold Coast of Ventura and Santa Barbara. Send email to: scbc@socalbio.org
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| Meet New SoCalBio Members |
ADRx (Thousand Oaks)
ADRx, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company created to develop first-in-class and best-in-class drugs for amyloid diseases. The company intends to discover and develop drug candidates independently and in partnertnership with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies ...
Biotechnical Services Inc. (San Diego)
Provides scientific lab equipment sales and services, such as calibration and validation.... Learn more
Response Genetics (Los Angeles)
Response Genetics is a publicly traded biotech company focused on developing molecular diagnostic assays to help determine the patient's response to cancer therapies ... Learn More
Pharmacos Biopharmaceutical Services (Irvine)
Pharmacos services small to mid-size specialty biopharmaceutical and medical device companies by providing a complete suite of outsourcing and/or consulting services which support drug development, registration, commercialization, life cycle management and commercial operations ..
CRB USA (Carlsbad)
CRB is a global design, construction and consulting firm that services the bioscience and other advanced technology industries. The firm employs over 600 people in 10 offices serving clients throughout the world ... Learn More
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Celebrate Medical Innovation at LA BioMed
Thursday, April 24, 2014 from -- 12:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Free for SoCalBio Members
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| Trends |
Private Vs Public Funding of Biotech Firms
 2014 started with slow funding of private biotech companies. By contrast, the public markets have shown an insatiable appetite for biotech deals as manifested in the IPO bonanza in the US. ... Read more
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Bruin Biometrics Secures $10 Million in New Funding
 Bruin Biometrics in Los Angeles has plans for using the money to help market existing products, finish clinical trials and continue R&D work. BBI is developing biometric medical devices designed to both detect and monitor certain medical conditions. ... Read more
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Electrophysiology
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Irwindale-Based Biosense Webster Gets FDA Approval for its New Catheter Treating Atrial Fibrillation
According to the company, the device, called ThermoCool SmartTouch Catheter, "is the first therapeutic catheter approved in the U.S. that enables direct and real-time measurement of contact force during catheter ablation procedures" ... Read more
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Digital Health
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According to Medgtadget "a bout a year ago, Masimo introduced its pulse oximetry technology to the mobile market by releasing the iSpO2 device. It works with the iPhone to display live oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate (PR), and perfusion index data using the same fingertip light sensor found on hospital systems. Now the company is releasing an Android compatible iSpO2 pulse oximeter that plugs into the micro USB port".. Read more
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STAAR Surgical's Visian ICL with CentraFLOW Approved to Market in Japan
 STAAR Surgical Company announced that its Visian Implantable Collamer Lens with CentraFLOW technology, which is driven by the KS-AquaPORT, has been approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. With this approval, the range of treatment has been expanded for Visian ICL product offering to include not only the CentraFLOW technology, but also expands the treatment of myopic down to -3.0 diopters as compared to the current range which starts at -5.0 diopters ... Read more
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Pasadena-Based Arrowhead Receives Regulatory Approval to Begin Phase 2a Trial of Chronic Hepatitis B Candidate ARC-520
 Arrowhead's RNAi-based candidate ARC-520 is designed to treat chronic HBV infection by reducing the expression and release of new viral particles and key viral proteins. The goal is to achieve a functional cure, which is an immune clearant state characterized by hepatitis B s-antigen negative serum with or without sero-conversion ... Read more
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Lancaster-Based Simulations Plus Signs Research Collaboration Agreement with FDA
 Under the agreement, Simulations Plus will provide licenses for the Company's GastroPlus simulation software to model in vivo data representative of challenging absorption characteristics to the FDA's Office of Testing and Research located in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Pharmaceutical Science. During the first year, the Company will provide training to FDA investigators regarding the underlying mathematical models. During the course of the collaboration, ideas and recommendations will be exchanged between the FDA and the Company that aim to improve MAM. The collaborators plan to make results from this research available to the public ... Read more
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| Jobs ... Jobs ... jobs |
Second Sight Medical Products (Sylmar)
Bruin Biometrics (Los Angeles)
Chromologic (Pasadena)
- Senior Hardware Engineer - Machine Vision Systems
- Sr. Scientist - Optics
- Sr. Scientist - Biomedical Engineering
- Senior Applications Engineer
- Senior Applications Engineer - Biomedical
- Principal Research Scientist - Biologics
Gilead (San Dimas)
Gilead (Oceanside)
Biolase (Irvine)
Xencor (Monrovia)
Aubery Group (Irvine)
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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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