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- Feb 21st, 2014
- Feb 14, 2014
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- Jan 31, 2014
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Recent SoCalBio Members
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Laragen (Culver City)
Laragen, Inc. was founded in 1995 with the sole intention of providing the highest quality DNA sequencing and genotyping in the industry. The company's primary goals are to provide impeccable quality, fast DNA sequencing and genotyping services for academic institutions as well as private companies ... Learn more
SetPoint Medical (Valencia)
SetPoint Medical is a medical device company seeking to treat patients with debilitating inflammatory diseases, such as Crohn's Disease and rheumatoid arthritis, using proprietary implantable neuromodulation devices ... Learn more
BioVinc (Culver City)
BioVinc offers the new fluorescent molecular probes targeting bone, based on technology developed by Professor Charles E. McKenna at the University of Southern California ... Learn more
Biolase specialize in the development, manufacturing and marketing of lasers and related products to provide biological treatments that eliminate pain and are safer for patients .. Learn more
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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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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Cancer Drugs
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 FiercePharma's list of the 10 best selling cancer drugs in 2013 is topped by Genentech's aging biologics:Rituxan, Avastin, and Herceptin. But the list includes newcomers such as Zytega, a $1.7 billion prostate cancer drug marketed by Johnson & Johnson. It is noteworthy that Zytega was developed by the West Los Angeles-Based Cougar Biotechnology which was acquired in 2009 by Johnson & Johnson for nearly $1 billion ... Click here to see the list
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MedTech Innovations
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20 MedTech Breakthroughs of 2014
Qmed accumulated a fascinating list of 20 medical device breakthroughs in 2014. The list includes novel technologies such as harvesting energy off a beating heart, orthopedic devices made out of silk, reusable adhesive inspired by the adhesive toe pads of geckos, and 3-D printing of organs including hearts ... Click here to peruse the list
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Arthritis
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Samsung Plans to Compete with Amgen
in Arthritis Market
According to a Bloomberg report Monday, Samsung plans to begin selling a biosimilar version of Amgen's arthritis drug Enbrel in 2016 in Europe. South Korea's biggest company is investing at least $2 billion in biopharmaceuticals, including the growing segment of biosimilars, which are cheaper versions of brand-name biotechnology drugs that have lost patent protection... Read more
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Mark Your Calendar
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November 14, 7 am to 7 pm
Omni Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles
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Incubators
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Ready to Commercialize Your Research? Bioincubators Are Worth Considering
 Southland blogger and industry observer Andrew Porterfield looks at how incubators can help financially-strapped, early-stage biotechs cut the cost of doing business and grow their operations. He contends that "m ost graduates of incubators, (about 87%, according to a 1997 study) stayed in business, much better than small businesses in the United States as a whole-only 44% survive!" .. Read more
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Emerging Markets
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China Fines Vision Care Companies on Pricing Charges
 According to AP "China has fined Johnson & Johnson, Nikon Corp. and five other makers of eyeglasses and contact lenses on price-fixing charges in its latest effort to use anti-monopoly law to control consumer prices .... Other companies fined included Essilor International SA of France, Germany's Car Zeiss AG, Hoya Corp. and Bausch + Lomb, owned by Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. One Chinese company was fined, Shanghai Weicon Optics Co". ... Learn more
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M&A
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Valeant Increases Allergan Takeover Bid
 Forbes reports that "for two weeks,Valeant Pharmaceuticals has been promising to bolster its hostile bid for Allergan to win the widely watched takeover battle. But investors do not seem to be impressed with Valeant's enhanced $49 billion offer for the maker of Botox" ... Read more Also read:
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Enjoy up to 35% Discounts on Shipping Services
Available only to SoCalBio members in Southern California
In collaboration with BIO Business Solutions Program, SoCalBio offers member companies in Southern California discounted pricing on select with FedEx services, including select express, ground and freight delivery. FedEx offers packaging, monitoring and distribution services designed to meet your healthcare shipping needs. Whether you're shipping biologics, pharmaceuticals, lab samples or other critical life science items, you can count on FedEx to provide specialized and cost-effective solutions to support your business ... Learn more
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Nelson Biotechnologies (Morgan Hills)
Nelson Biotechnologies, Inc. (NBI) is a company specializing in oligonucleotide labeling and modification. Its business strategy focuses on contract research and manufacturing. All of Nelson's reagents are distributed exclusively by Glen Research Corporation.... Learn more
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor and Zafman (Los Angeles)
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor and Zafman is consistently ranked as one of the top intellectual property law firms in the United States. The firm represents many of the most successful companies throughout the world in the high-tech and the life-science industries ... Learn more
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Leadership
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BIOLASE's Chief Dr. Alexander Arrow Joins the SoCalBio Board of Directors
 During their meeting on May 14, SoCalBio Board Members voted unanimously to add Dr. Arrow (photo right), president of BIOLASE, an Irvine-based maker of laser devices for dental and surgical applications, to the Board. Prior to Biolase, Dr. Arrow was the Chief Medical and Strategic Officer of Circuit Therapeutics, Inc. from 2012 until 2013. From 2007 through 2012, he was the Chief Financial Officer and Medical Director of Arstasis, Inc., a 115-employee cardiology device manufacturer. From 2002 until 2007, Dr. Arrow headed medical technology equity research at the global investment bank Lazard, where he provided research coverage on Biolase, among other companies. From 1999 through 2001 Dr. Arrow served as Chief Financial Officer of The Patent & License Exchange, Inc. He holds a medical doctorate from Harvard Medical School and a bachelor's degree in biophysics, magna cum laude, from Cornell University.... Learn about BIOLASE |
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Join the SoCalBio Digital Health Group
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This is a sub-group of the Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio) on LinkedIn that functions as a conduit for information about the digital health business in Southern California, a forum for networking digital health stakeholders virtually, and a bully pulpit for digital health entrepreneurs ... Join the group
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| Jobs ... Jobs ... jobs |
Kite Pharma (Santa Monica)
KGI (Claremont)
ImaginAB (Ingelwood)
BIOLASE (Irvine)
C3 Jian (Los Angeles)
Gilead (San Dimas)
Gilead (Oceanside)
Quantimetrix (Redondo Beach)
Click here for more info and to apply
- R&D Associate
- Sales Representative
- Distribution Associate
- Advertising Assistant
- Customer Service Representative (P/T)
Bioness (Santa Clarita)
Bench International (Los Angeles)
Inogen (Goleta)
Carolina Liquid Chemistries
(Winston Salem, NC and Brea, Calif.)
Applied Biocode (Santa Fe Springs)
ADRx (Thousand Oaks)
Second Sight Medical Products (Sylmar)
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 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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