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Featured
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Perkins Coie is recognized
as one of the nation's eading law firms for high technology entrepreneurs. With
nearly 600 attorneys in 14 offices in the United States and Asia, Perkins Coie
offers a full range of legal services to meet the needs of our clients, ranging
from start up companies to Fortune 100 companies... Learn more |
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AdvaMed 2008 MedTech conference
Sept. 21 to 24
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, D.C.
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September 23 - 26
Disneyland Hotel,
Anaheim
20% discount for SoCalBio members on conference
registration with priority code B8171SOCAL
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BioScreen Testing Services, Inc., is a full
service analytical chemistry, microbiology and human clinical testing laboratory
that provides turn-key services for the cosmetic and Over-The-Counter drug
industry ... Learn more |
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Biotech Demystified
Rady Center for Executive Development,
UCSD
San Diego, CA
This 4-day course provides executives and
managers with a practical understanding of the basic science behind the biotech
and pharma industries. This knowledge equips high power executives to
effectively recognize and communicate opportunities and strategically position
their companies for success. Click to register
Fee: $4,750 with hotel,
$3,750 without hotel. |
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Join well-known entrepreneur Alfred Mann and other SoCalBio leaders to promote the biotech and device industries
in the Greater Los Angeles Metro Area for job creation and overall economic
growth. |
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| California Life Science Alliance |
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- California Life Science Industry
Alliance Launches Web Site: www.califescience.org
- Tevi Troy, Deputy Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services Calls on Industry to Educate the
Public About Drug and
 Device Safety During Recent Visit to Southern
California
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| Bioscience Companies in Southern
California |
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Curious about the bioscience
industry in Orange County, California?
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Welcome to New SoCalBio Members |
The Mt. Prospect, IL-based
firm provides in-home clinical research services for Phase I through IV clinical
trials. Sponsors in both the pharmaceutical and biotech industries utilize these
services. Coram Clinical Trials has participated in clinical research studies
involving intravenous, injectable, oral and enteral medications .... Learn more |
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General |
- Biotech, Bank
Funds Got Healthier in July
The July total return data for equity funds show
two sector fund groups averaged the highest one-month performances: Health and
biotechnology ranks first, outperforming all others with an average return of
6.71%; financial-services funds followed closely behind, averaging 4.52% ... Read more
- Toxic Drugs, Toxic System: Sociologist
Predicts Drug Disasters
In a presentation to the American Sociological
Association, Donald Light, professor of comparative health policy at the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, concluded that Americans are
likely to be exposed to unacceptable side effects of FDA-approved drugs because
of flaws in the way new drugs are tested and marketed. "Drug disasters are
literally built into the current system of drug testing and approvals in the
United States," he opined ... See Dr. Light's presentation
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Company Headlines |
- Amgen (Thousand Oaks):
- Arbios (Pasadena):
- Canopus Biopharma (Studio
City):
- Chad Pharmaceuticals
(Chatsworth):
- Clarient (Aliso Viejo):
- Cortex Pharmaceuticals
(Irvine):
- Endocare (Irvine)
- I-Flow Corporation (Lake
Forest):
- Oxygen Biotherapeutics (Costa
Mesa):
- Obagi Medical Products (Long
Beach):
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals (Aliso
Viejo):
- Viral Genetics (Azusa):
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SoCalBio membership provides significant discounts -- from
31% to 62% -- on the following Nature Publications:
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Nature
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Nature Biotechnology
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Nature Cell Biology
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Nature Chemical Biology
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Nature Genetics
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Nature Immunology
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Nature Medicine
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Nature Neuroscience
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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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Nature Reviews Cancer
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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
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Nature Reviews Genetics
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Nature Reviews Immunology
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Nature Reviews Microbiology
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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience
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EMBO Package
For more information, call SoCalBio at 213-236-4890 or send
e-mail to scbc@socalbio.org |
| 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 |
| Editor: Ahmed A.
Enany
Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio)
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