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Assemblywoman
Diane Harkey to Address SoCalBio
Executives
 The Southern California
Biomedical Council (SoCalBio) is
pleased to announce that Assemblywoman
Diane Harkey (R- Dana Point, Calif.,
photo right) and member of the
California Assembly's Select Committee
on Biotechnology will address the
by-invitation-only SoCalBio
Cardiovascular Industry Executive
Luncheon and Roundtable Discussion on
December 2nd, 2009 in Irvine, Calif.
This luncheon and roundtable
discussion is sponsored by SoCalBio
member DevicePharm. For more info and
to participate as an executive
representing a cardiovascular device,
IVD or biotech company, please contact
SoCalBio at scbc@socalbio.org
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TIME: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm
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DATE: December
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Networking
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DATE: January
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DATE: January
28, 2010
TIME: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
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Lab Space |
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Wet
Lab Space Available at HRL Campus
in Malibu
 Labs and offices are
located on a 72-acre campus adjacent
to Pepperdine University. Site has
spectacular ocean & mountain
views. It is also strategically
isolated and overlooks Malibu . Click here for more
information
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| Welcome
New SoCalBio Members |
Adaptive
Business Leaders Organization (Santa
Ana)
The ABL Organization is celebrating
over 25 years of helping Health and
Technology leaders grow great
companies - through facilitated,
confidential monthly round tables
composed of health or technology CEOs,
presidents and division general
managers, held throughout California
.. Learn more
A&M
Biomedical (Laguna Hills)
 A&M Biomedical has
been in the medical device contract
manufacturing industry for more than
16 years. The company offers
medical device outsourcing services
with an emphasis on quality and
regulatory compliance. A&M
Biomedical is a woman and
minority owned company and led by Ms.
Melissa Fontes (photo right) .... Learn more
Voltage
Capital (Beverly Hills)
Provides venture capital for
healthcare and biotechnology companies
.... Learn more
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| Expansion |
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SoCalBio
Salutes Grifols for its Commitment to
Los Angeles
 SoCalBio applauds
Grifols Biologics' commitment not only
to stay in Los Angeles, but also its
plans to invest $600 million to
modernize its plasma fractionation
facilities on Valley Blvd in East Los
Angeles.
Hundreds of well-paying jobs will be
created as a result of this
commitment. Willie Zuniga (photo
right), Grifols Biologics' President
& CEO, is overseeing the
company's facility modernization
projects .... Learn more about
Grifols
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MEDomics
Announces Private Placement
The
Azusa-based MEDomics provides
DNA diagnostics to enable personalized
medicine in the genomic era. The
company plans to use capital from the
private placement to expedite the
release of new diagnostic tests and
accelerate marketing efforts .... Learn more
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Agensys and Seattle
Genetics Expand Collaboration
 The Santa Monica-based
Agensys will pay a $12 million fee for
exclusive rights to antibody-drug
conjugate licenses against additional
antigen targets. "Combining
Agensys' proprietary antibodies,
directed to novel cancer targets, with
Seattle Genetics' industry-leading ADC
technology has already led to product
candidates for different cancer
indications, including ASG-5ME, an ADC
for cancers including prostate,
pancreatic and gastric that is being
co-developed by both companies,"
said Aya Jakobovits, Ph.D., Executive
Vice President and Head of Research
and Development of Agensys (photo
right). "Expansion of the
collaboration will allow Astellas to
further enhance its growing pipeline
in oncology" .... Read more
Spectrum
and Handok Collaborate on Apaziquone
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Irvine, Calif.), a commercial stage
biotechnology company with a primary
focus in oncology, and Handok
Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., a fully
integrated Korean pharmaceutical
company, announced a collaboration for
the development and commercialization
of apaziquone in South Korea.
Apaziquone is an antineoplastic agent
currently being investigated for the
treatment of non-muscle invasive
bladder cancer by intravesical
instillation.... Read more
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Calhoun Vision Names
Gordon H. Busenbark as Chief Financial
Officer
The Pasadena-based IOL developer
announced that Busenbark will join
Calhoun after serving as CFO at Xytis
Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Xytis, he
was CFO of Encysive Pharmaceuticals,
where he was responsible for raising
in excess of $100 million in debt and
equity financing. Busenbark started
his career with Baxter Healthcare.
During 23 years with the company, he
held a number of senior-level
financial, operational and general
management positions in both the U.S.
and Europe. These included the roles
of Chief Financial Officer of
Austria-based Immuno AG, when the
company was acquired by Baxter, and
President of Baxter's global Plasma
Therapeutics business ... Read more
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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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Editor: Ahmed Enany
