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BioHouston Newsletter 5-Jul-11

Lacey Webster - noemail@biohouston.org — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:39:18 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more from our membership.

Calendar Events
Releases
Job Listings

Calendar Events for 5-Jul-11 to 1-Oct-11

Summer 2011 Course for Professionals
Speaker's Name:
Day: Monday 8-Aug-11 9:00 AM to Friday 12-Aug-11 5:00 PM
Location:
Summary: A one week bioprocessing training course to familiarize individuals with the process behind biomanufactured goods and therapeutics. Trainees will receive hands on time with a biofermentor to grow a geneti...
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Posted by: Lacey Webster

Rice University Short Course: Advances In Tissue Engineering
Speaker's Name:
Day: Wednesday 10-Aug-11 8:00 AM to Saturday 13-Aug-11 5:30 PM
Location: Rice University Houston, TX
Summary: COURSE FEATURES The latest on patient-specific therapeutics featuring speakers from academia, medical research, and industry....
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Posted by: Lacey Webster

BioPharm America 2011: 4th Annual International Partnering Conference
Speaker's Name:
Day: Wednesday 7-Sep-11 8:30 AM to Friday 9-Sep-11 5:30 PM
Location: Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel 425 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210
Summary: BioPharm America™ is where biotech industry partnerships get started. Meet face-to-face with biotech and pharma executives from around the world to identify and enter strategic relationships. Equipped...
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Posted by: Lacey Webster

Annual Luncheon Celebrating Women in Science
Speaker's Name:
Day: Tuesday 20-Sep-11 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Rice Hotel, downtown Houston
Summary: By celebrating the achievements of women leaders in science, BioHouston's goal is to inspire others to pursue research and applications that will spur economic growth and prosperity for our region and our state as a whole. ...
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Posted by: Lacey Webster

Releases for 5-Jun-11 to 5-Jul-11

Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital Neuroscientist Dr. Huda Zoghbi Awarded Gruber Neuroscience Prize

Author:

Release Date: Wednesday 15-Jun-11 8:00 AM

Receives $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize for pioneering work in revealing the genetic and molecular underpinnings of neurological... [More Info]
Posted by: Lacey Webster

Mystic Pharmaceuticals Receives U.S. Patent for Novel Packaging Technology for Drugs and Biologics

Author:

Release Date: Monday 13-Jun-11 11:00 AM

AUSTIN, TX - June 13, 2011 (Business Wire) -- Mystic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces today that it has been granted U.S. Patent... [More Info]
Posted by: Lacey Webster

June 9, 2011 - Enabling microRNA Discoveries - 250th peer-reviewed publication made possible by µParaflo® custom microarray technology

Author:

Release Date: Thursday 9-Jun-11 12:00 PM

Houston, TX - LC Sciences, a life sciences company leading the development of innovative microRNA (miRNA) analysis and discovery... [More Info]
Posted by: Lacey Webster

Study Validates Clinical Accuracy of 50% Dose Reduction for Positron Emission Mammography

Author:

Release Date: Tuesday 7-Jun-11 4:00 PM

PR Newswire SAN ANTONIO, June 7, 2011 SAN ANTONIO, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Presented today at the Society of... [More Info]
Posted by: Lacey Webster

Apollo Endosurgery Taps Michael Doty for CFO

Author:

Release Date: Tuesday 7-Jun-11 8:00 AM

AUSTIN, Texas, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., a leading company in the emerging field of flexible surgery,... [More Info]
Posted by: Lacey Webster

Azaya Therapeutics Presents Phase I Data at ASCO and Completes Offering

Author: Lacey Webster

Release Date: Monday 6-Jun-11 11:00 AM

Phase I study conducted at two premier cancer research facilities in Texas $3.5 million convertible debt offering... [More Info]
Posted by: Lacey Webster

Jobs for 5-Jun-11 to 5-Jul-11

Sr. Technology Licensing Associate

Company: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Date Activated: Tuesday 21-Jun-11 0:00 AM

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has an immediate opening for the position of Senior Technology... [More Info]
Posted by: Christine Flynn

Director of Quality and Regulatory

Company: Apollo Endosurgery

Date Activated: Thursday 16-Jun-11 12:46 PM

POSITON SUMMARY Reporting directly into the CEO, the Director of Quality and Regulatory will oversee and manage Apollo... [More Info]
Posted by: Lacey Webster

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5-Jul-11 4:39 PM

Six Tips on How to Spot a Winning Biotech, From Dendreon Co-Founder Chris Henney

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Investing in biotech can be scary. Only one out of 10 new drug candidates ever makes it through the gauntlet of clinical trials to become an FDA approved product, and it usually takes hundreds of millions of dollars and a decade or more of research to separate the winners from the losers. Investors usually can’t bother asking serious questions about profit-and-loss statements, or price-to-earnings ratios, until a company is 15 years old or more. And the hype—from gene therapy, to stem cells, to you fill in the blank—can be quite distracting.

So Christopher Henney, 68, who has seen it all in a 30-year career in biotech as co-founder of Immunex, Icos, and Dendreon, knew he had his work cut out yesterday. He was trying to convince a crowd of 100 financial pros at the CFA Society meeting in Seattle that biotech, the classic boom-or-bust industry, is really a good place to invest.

“I want to de-mythologize the scariness,” Henney said at the outset.

Henney started off his talk by reminding the audience how he and Steve Gillis, a pair of immunologists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, went on to start Seattle-based Immunex, one of the members of what he called “the class of 1983.” These were the second-generation companies, following industry pioneer Genentech, that all went public back in a great wave of enthusiasm for biotechnology. The class included Amgen, Biogen, Cetus, Chiron, Genzyme, and Immunex. Seven of the 10 to 12 biotech companies (Henney didn’t name the losers) that went public in that early wave went on to create market valuations that exceeded $1 billion, Henney said.

But even during that great wave of optimism about the power of new genetic engineering technologies for creating new drugs, there were prominent skeptics. Henney told the story of how he and Gillis had a meeting in the early days of Immunex with “one of the doyennes” of the Seattle investment community, whom he didn’t name. Henney and Gillis told their story with great enthusiasm, and got a rude awakening.

“At the end, I remember him saying, ‘I don’t think it’s a scam, but I won’t introduce you to anybody, either,’” Henney recalled.

Both of them were academic scientists who “had a fair amount of hubris about our self-worth. To be told that what we’re doing was a scam, it wasn’t something I wanted to tell my Mom about,” Henney said.

He added, “It was our welcome-to-the-NFL moment.”

Still, the investor taking that position would have been right for the first 15 years or so. It took 17 years from Immunex’s founding before it struck gold with etanercept (Enbrel), a drug for autoimmune diseases that now generates more than $7 billion a year in worldwide sales for Amgen and Wyeth. It took much longer, and hundreds of millions of dollars more than industry pioneers like Henney thought it would, to create blockbuster drugs like that. “If you had thought about that beforehand, nobody would have given us any money at all,” Henney said.

But they got the money, and learned a lot of lessons along the way. In his talk last week, Henney distilled them into six hallmarks of a successful biotech that investors should look for, along with five red flags to watch out for as well (which I’m going to save for another story).

So, here are the six hallmarks to look for in a successful biotech company, according to Henney:

—Solid Patents. All good biotech companies must have terrific science, and they must have patents to protect it, Henney says. In the industry’s early days, there weren’t many patent attorneys that knew what they were doing, but now there are plenty, he says. An investor ought to ask “how does the science stack up” at a company versus its competitors.

—The science should be focused on an important disease, with potential for breakthroughs. Lots of scientists will argue about what’s important and what’s not, but what an investor needs to know is that a biotech company is at the front of the pack. Immunex focused on an important disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and clearly made a breakthough. “You don’t want to be in fourth or fifth place” with a new drug, he says.

—Great management. This is a must in all industries, but it can’t be overstated in biotech. Interestingly, Henney has noticed some unusual character traits about biotech managers that he says shouldn’t scare off investors. “Like you see in software, these are managers who don’t walk into a room and dominate it. They are often fairly nerdy. But we’re talking about people who are smart, efficient managers,” Henney said.

—Access to capital. A company has to be able to prove it can raise money. Again, and again, and again. “Not many biotech companies go out of business because they lack ideas,” Henney said.

—Luck. “You need it. I’m fortunate to say Lady Luck visited me on many occasions,” Henney said. (I’m not sure how investors are supposed to be able to gauge whether a company has luck on its side, though.)

—Flexible attitudes toward human resources. This might sound nutty to straight-laced business school types, but biotech companies need to give breathing room to some brilliant, creative people who aren’t closely directed by management, Henney said. This can work for a small percentage of the top performers, like some of the brightest people at the National Institutes of Health. The most famous case of this in biotech, which Henney didn’t mention, came from Genentech scientist Napoleone Ferrara, who made discoveries in 1989 on his undirected time that gave birth to the breakthrough cancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin).

“You’ve got to let people follow their curiosity,” Henney said. “For some in the business community, that might sound like a sketchy proposition, but you have to.”

Luke Timmerman is the National Biotechnology Editor for Xconomy. You can e-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com, call 206-624-2374, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ldtimmerman

14-Oct-09 2:00 PM

MedSource Honored at Houston Fast 100 Event; Ranked No. 11 on List of Fastest Growing Companies

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Houston, September 22, 2009 – Houston’s 100 fastest-growing companies and 2009 Power Five were honored at the Houston Fast 100 luncheon presented by the Houston Business Journal and held at the InterContinental Houston Hotel. MedSource, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) specializing in complex clinical trials, was ranked as No. 11 on the Houston Fast 100 list.

Over 700 Houstonians from the business community cheered on the 2009 Fast 100 award recipients at the luncheon on September 11, 2009, where the rankings were first made public. Companies making the list were ranked by percentage of revenue growth over the past two years. MedSource, with a rapid growth rate of more than 213 percent over the past two years, also earned a place on the 2009 Inc. 5000 List.

“We appreciate recognition from the Houston Business Journal and are proud to be a part of Houston’s thriving business community. There is an active biotech community here in Houston, and it is part of our mission to support the goals of that community. MedSource has been able to find traction in this current economy by focusing on quality, service, and integrity. It is what we have built our reputation on and it is how we will continue to do business,” said Eric Lund, president of MedSource.

In addition to the list of Houston’s 100 fastest-growing companies published in the special Houston Fast 100 section of the Houston Business Journal’s September 11, 2009 issue, top executives of some of the honored businesses shared their insights on what to do and what not to do to succeed.

The Houston Fast 100 event was hosted by the Houston Business Journal and presented by Whitney Bank. Co-sponsors of the event were G&A Partners, Pierpont Communications, Reliant Energy, Staples, and Verizon Wireless.

About MedSource

MedSource is a premier Contract Research Organization (CRO) based in Houston, TX dedicated to delivering on-time, reliable clinical trial management services. MedSource has been providing quality results in Phase I-IV studies since 2001 and has extensive experience in complex clinical trials, with a particular expertise on oncology related programs. They have quickly grown into one of the premier CROs in North America and have been recognized as an Inc. 500/5000 company a Houston Fast 100 company. With clinical trial monitors located throughout North America and active vendor relationships globally, MedSource is able to quickly and effectively meet the clinical trial needs of their clients. More information about MedSource can be found at www.medsource.com or by calling (281) 286-2003.

Company contact:

Chris Kohnhorst
(281) 203-7707
ckohnhorst@medsource.com

21-Sep-09 3:00 PM

BioHouston Newsletter 21-May-09

Sara Mathews - noemail@biohouston.org — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:00:00 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more from our membership.

Events
News
Jobs

Events

Homeland Security Conference
Day: Wednesday 27-May-09 9:00 AM
Location: InterContinental Hotel, 2222 W. Loop South, Houston, TX 77027
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CEO Dinner
Day: Thursday 4-Jun-09 5:30 PM
Location: Strip House 1200 McKinney Street Houston, TX 77010
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Breakfast Forum-- Update on State of Texas Bioscience Initiative
Day: Wednesday 10-Jun-09 7:30 AM

Location: M. D. Anderson South Campus Research Building II, 7435 Fannin Street, Houston TX 77054

Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Life Science Technology Venture Forum
Day: Thursday 11-Jun-09 9:00 AM
Location: Rice University, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Management
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Associate Advisory Board
Day: Wednesday 17-Jun-09 11:30 AM
Location: BioHouston Offices 2555 Holly Hall St., Ste. 100 Houston, TX 77054
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A Moderated Discussion with Serial Entrepreneur Dale Pfost
Day: Thursday 18-Jun-09 4:00 PM
Location: BioHouston Offices 2555 Holly Hall St., Ste. 100 Houston, TX 77054
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Advances in Tissue Engineering 2009
Day: Wednesday 12-Aug-09 8:30 AM
Location: Duncan Hall at Rice University
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JAIMA SHOW 2009
Sponsor: JETRO-Houston
Day: Wednesday 2-Sep-09 8:30 AM
Location: Chiba, Japan
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BioHouston Annual Luncheon
Day: Friday 11-Sep-09 11:00 AM
Location:
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The Fall 2009 Engineering Career Fair
Day: Thursday 17-Sep-09 9:00 AM
Location: University of Houston Hilton Hotel 4800 Calhoun Rd Houston, TX 77004
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The UP Experience
Day: Thursday 15-Oct-09 8:30 AM
Location: The Stafford Centre 10505 Cash Road Stafford, TX 77477
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Texas Life Science Conference
Day: Wednesday 11-Nov-09 to 13-Nov-09
Location: Houston, TX
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News

VGXI, Inc. Presents at the ASGT 12th Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA May 27-31

VGXI Inc. Presents Issues Related to High Concentration, Multi-Component Plasmid Products at the American Society of Gene Therapy 12th... [More Info]

FDA clears new KCI abdominal wound-care product

Kinetic Concepts Inc. has received Food and Drug Administration approval on its newest product designed to help patients heal from an... [More Info]

Stericycle to buy MedServe for $185 million

Medical waste handling company MedServe Inc. is being acquired by Stericycle Inc. for $185 million in cash. Houston-based MedServe is... [More Info]

MedSource Awarded Services Contract for a Phase III Epilepsy Clinical Trial

(Houston, Texas) – May 12, 2009 - MedSource, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing Phase I-IV clinical trials support, announced... [More Info]

Blausen Introduces New 3D Animations iPhone App

Normal 0 false false false st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable... [More Info]

Emerging Biotechnology Clusters

Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, and Cambridge are on everyone’s list of the top biotech clusters. Medicon... [More Info]

KCI claims partial victory in patent fight against Smith & Nephew

Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) said Friday that the Patents Court of the High Court of England and Wales has entered a judgment against Smith... [More Info]

Jobs

Human Factors Design Engineer --new

Company: MEI Technologies, Inc.

This position will be within the Anthropometry and Biomechanics Facility (ABF) that is part of the Space Human Factors Laboratory within... [More Info]

Health Outcomes Research Team Leader

Company: Pharm-Olam International Ltd.

Pharm-Olam International ('POI'), a multi-national Contract Research Organization seeks an experienced Health Outcomes Research Team Leader... [More Info]

Senior Support Specialist

Company: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

POSITION SUMMARY: Performs a variety of advanced and complex tasks to support assigned area. Decisions could impact assigned area. ... [More Info]

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21-May-09 4:00 PM

BioHouston Newsletter 1-May-09

Sara Mathews - noemail@biohouston.org — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:41:06 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more from our membership.

Events
News
Jobs

Events

Marketing your Medical Device products to the E.U.
Day: Thursday 14-May-09 11:30 AM
Location: BioHouston Offices 2555 Holly Hall St., Ste. 100 Houston, TX 77054
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2009 BIO International Conference

If your company is traveling to BIO, please let us know. BioHouston has our own booth in Atlanta, and we'd like you to be a part of it!

Day: Monday 18-May-09 8:30 AM

Location: Atlanta, GA
Add to Calendar

Global Intellectual Property Due Diligence--BIO 2009 Session
Sponsor: Baker & McKenzie
Day: Wednesday 20-May-09 10:00 AM
Location: Georgia World Congress Center (Building B)--B313 Atlanta, GA
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Healthcare Heroes

Honoring those who serve, innovate and save lives. Do not miss your chance to cheer on the unsung heroes in healthcare. This event is part of Celebrate!Enterprise, a four-day business event.

Day: Wednesday 20-May-09 8:30 AM

Location: Wortham Center, Houston, TX
Add to Calendar

Life Science Technology Venture Forum
Day: Thursday 11-Jun-09 9:00 AM
Location: Rice University, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Management
Add to Calendar

Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Life Science Technology Venture Forum
Day: Thursday 11-Jun-09 9:00 AM
Location: Rice University, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Management
Add to Calendar

Advances in Tissue Engineering 2009
Day: Wednesday 12-Aug-09 8:30 AM
Location: Duncan Hall at Rice University
Add to Calendar

JAIMA SHOW 2009
Sponsor: JETRO-Houston
Day: Wednesday 2-Sep-09 8:30 AM
Location: Chiba, Japan
Add to Calendar

The UP Experience
Day: Thursday 15-Oct-09 8:30 AM
Location: The Stafford Centre 10505 Cash Road Stafford, TX 77477
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Texas Life Science Conference
Day: Wednesday 11-Nov-09 8:30 AM
Location: Houston, TX
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News

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Provides Clinical Pipeline Update and Reports 2009 First Quarter Results

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused... [More Info]

DFB Pharmaceuticals Appoints Maxwell Lea to Vice President Business Development and Corporate Finance

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has announced the promotion of Maxwell A. Lea, III , to Vice... [More Info]

Federal Research Grants Critical to Aiding Economic Recovery, Advancing Medical Innovation, AdvaMed Witness Tells Panel

WASHINGTON , D.C. – Will Rosellini, President and CEO of MicroTransponder Inc., based in Texas, testified on behalf of the Advanced Medical... [More Info]

Biomed company shuttering San Antonio operation

British orthopedic device firm Smith & Nephew confirmed Monday that it is closing down its 30-employee facility in San Antonio by the end... [More Info]

Vidacare adds oncology nurse to management

Vidacare Corp. has hired a nationally recognized oncology nursing specialist to join the company’s management. Kim Brodie joined the... [More Info]

Opexa gets $1 million in financing

Opexa Therapeutics Inc. has secured about $1 million through a private offering of secured convertible notes and warrants. The cell... [More Info]

Glycos Biotechnologies gets $5 million in funding

Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. has received a $5 million infusion led by venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurveston and DFJ Mercury. The... [More Info]

Jobs

Senior Support Specialist

Company: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

POSITION SUMMARY: Performs a variety of advanced and complex tasks to support assigned area. Decisions could impact assigned area. ... [More Info]

Formulation Scientist

Company: Vapogenix, Inc.

Vapogenix Inc is a preclinical drug development company located south of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. The Company is seeking... [More Info]

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1-May-09 10:41 AM

BioHouston Newsletter 1-May-09

Sara Mathews - noemail@biohouston.org — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:28:01 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more from our membership.

Events
News
Jobs

Events

If your company is traveling to BIO, please let us know. BioHouston has our own booth in Atlanta, and we'd like you to be a part of it!

Day: Monday 18-May-09 8:30 AM

Honoring those who serve, innovate and save lives. Do not miss your chance to cheer on the unsung heroes in healthcare. This event is part of Celebrate!Enterprise, a four-day business event.

Day: Wednesday 20-May-09 8:30 AM

News

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Provides Clinical Pipeline Update and Reports 2009 First Quarter Results

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused... [More Info]

DFB Pharmaceuticals Appoints Maxwell Lea to Vice President Business Development and Corporate Finance

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has announced the promotion of Maxwell A. Lea, III , to Vice... [More Info]

Federal Research Grants Critical to Aiding Economic Recovery, Advancing Medical Innovation, AdvaMed Witness Tells Panel

WASHINGTON , D.C. – Will Rosellini, President and CEO of MicroTransponder Inc., based in Texas, testified on behalf of the Advanced Medical... [More Info]

Biomed company shuttering San Antonio operation

British orthopedic device firm Smith & Nephew confirmed Monday that it is closing down its 30-employee facility in San Antonio by the end... [More Info]

Vidacare adds oncology nurse to management

Vidacare Corp. has hired a nationally recognized oncology nursing specialist to join the company’s management. Kim Brodie joined the... [More Info]

Opexa gets $1 million in financing

Opexa Therapeutics Inc. has secured about $1 million through a private offering of secured convertible notes and warrants. The cell... [More Info]

Glycos Biotechnologies gets $5 million in funding

Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. has received a $5 million infusion led by venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurveston and DFJ Mercury. The... [More Info]

Jobs

Senior Support Specialist

Company: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

POSITION SUMMARY: Performs a variety of advanced and complex tasks to support assigned area. Decisions could impact assigned area. ... [More Info]

Formulation Scientist

Company: Vapogenix, Inc.

Vapogenix Inc is a preclinical drug development company located south of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. The Company is seeking... [More Info]

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1-May-09 10:28 AM

BioHouston Newsletter 30-Apr-09

Sara Mathews - noemail@biohouston.org — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:49:30 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more from our membership.

Events
News
Jobs

Events

2009 BIO International Conference

If your company is traveling to BIO, please let us know. BioHouston has our own booth in Atlanta, and we'd like you to be a part of it!

Day: Monday 18-May-09 8:30 AM

Honoring those who serve, innovate and save lives. Do not miss your chance to cheer on the unsung heroes in healthcare. This event is part of Celebrate!Enterprise, a four-day business event.

Day: Wednesday 20-May-09 8:30 AM

Location: Wortham Center, Houston, TX

Add to Calendar

Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Life Science Technology Venture Forum

Day: Thursday 11-Jun-09 9:00 AM
Location: Rice University, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Management
Add to Calendar

Advances in Tissue Engineering 2009
Day: Wednesday 12-Aug-09 8:30 AM
Location: Duncan Hall at Rice University
Add to Calendar

JAIMA SHOW 2009
Sponsor: JETRO-Houston
Day: Wednesday 2-Sep-09 8:30 AM
Location: Chiba, Japan
Add to Calendar

The UP Experience
Day: Thursday 15-Oct-09 8:30 AM
Location: The Stafford Centre 10505 Cash Road Stafford, TX 77477
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Texas Life Science Conference
Day: Wednesday 11-Nov-09 to Friday 13-Nov-09
Location: Houston, TX
Add to Calendar

News

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Provides Clinical Pipeline Update and Reports 2009 First Quarter Results

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused... [More Info]

DFB Pharmaceuticals Appoints Maxwell Lea to Vice President Business Development and Corporate Finance

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has announced the promotion of Maxwell A. Lea, III , to Vice... [More Info]

Federal Research Grants Critical to Aiding Economic Recovery, Advancing Medical Innovation, AdvaMed Witness Tells Panel

WASHINGTON , D.C. – Will Rosellini, President and CEO of MicroTransponder Inc., based in Texas, testified on behalf of the Advanced Medical... [More Info]

Glycos Biotechnologies gets $5 million in funding

Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. has received a $5 million infusion led by venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurveston and DFJ Mercury. The... [More Info]

Jobs

Senior Support Specialist

Company: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

POSITION SUMMARY: Performs a variety of advanced and complex tasks to support assigned area. Decisions could impact assigned area. ... [More Info]

Formulation Scientist

Company: Vapogenix, Inc.

Vapogenix Inc is a preclinical drug development company located south of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. The Company is seeking... [More Info]

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30-Apr-09 1:49 PM

BioHouston Newsletter 16-Apr-09

Tim Graves - noemail@biohouston.org — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:34:08 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more from our membership.

Events
News
Jobs

Events

ISPE South Central Chapter 10th Annual Educational and Exhibitor Program
Day: Thursday 23-Apr-09 8:30 AM
Location: Crown Plaza 1700 Smith St. Houston, TX 77002
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2009 BIO International Conference

If your company is traveling to BIO, please let us know. BioHouston has our own booth in Atlanta, and we'd like you to be a part of it!

Day: Monday 18-May-09 8:30 AM

Honoring those who serve, innovate and save lives. Do not miss your chance to cheer on the unsung heroes in healthcare. This event is part of Celebrate!Enterprise, a four-day business event.

Day: Wednesday 20-May-09 8:30 AM

Location: Wortham Center, Houston, TX
Add to Calendar

Life Science Technology Venture Forum
Day: Thursday 11-Jun-09 9:00 AM
Location: Rice University, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Management
Add to Calendar

Advances in Tissue Engineering 2009
Day: Wednesday 12-Aug-09 8:30 AM
Location: Duncan Hall at Rice University
Add to Calendar

JAIMA SHOW 2009

Jetro is interested in helping companies set up an office in Japan....and will pay your booth costs.

Sponsor: JETRO-Houston

Day: Wednesday 2-Sep-09 8:30 AM
Location: Chiba, Japan
Add to Calendar

BioHouston Annual Luncheon--SAVE THE DATE
Day: Friday 11-Sep-09 11:00 AM
Location: Houston, TX
Add to Calendar

The UP Experience
Day: Thursday 15-Oct-09 8:30 AM
Location: The Stafford Centre 10505 Cash Road Stafford, TX 77477
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Texas Life Science Conference--SAVE THE DATE
Day: Wednesday 11-Nov-09 8:30 AM
Location: Houston, TX
Add to Calendar

News

Funding will help Molecular Templates continue developing cancer treatments

Biopharmaceutical company Molecular Templates Inc. has completed a $2.5 million Series A round of financing. Austin-based Molecular... [More Info]

Life Sciences Center attracts Canadian co. Molecular Templates

The Texas Life-Sciences Collaboration Center attracted its first international tenant — a Canadian-based biotech company called Molecular... [More Info]

SeqWright to Invest in LaserGen's Novel Lightning Terminators(TM)

HOUSTON, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- LaserGen, Inc., a DNA sequencing technology company, announced a definitive agreement in which SeqWright... [More Info]

OncoVista teams up with CTRC to test newest cancer drug

Two San Antonio cancer organizations are working toward the development on a new drug that could be used as a treatment for solid tumors. ... [More Info]

AirStrip software approved for BlackBerry phones

A day after the Food and Drug Administration approved AirStrip Technologies’ obstetrician application on the Apple iPhone, the company... [More Info]

SeqWright's Clinical Trial Support Contributes to the Approval of Two HPV Diagnostic Systems

HOUSTON, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SeqWright Inc., an international leader in the field of contract genomic services, announced today its... [More Info]

ULURU Inc. Signs Offer Letter to Acquire York Pharma plc

ADDISON, Texas, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ULURU Inc. (NYSE Amex: ULU) today announced that it has signed a non-binding offer... [More Info]

Jobs

Formulation Scientist

Company: Vapogenix, Inc.

Vapogenix Inc is a preclinical drug development company located south of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. The Company is seeking... [More Info]

Health Outcomes Research Team Leader

Company: Pharm-Olam International Ltd.

Pharm-Olam International ('POI'), a multi-national Clinical Contract Research Organization seeks an experienced Health Outcomes Research... [More Info]

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16-Apr-09 4:34 PM

BioHouston Newsletter 16-Apr-09

Tim Graves - noemail@biohouston.org — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:01:39 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, news, jobs and more from our membership.

Events
News
Jobs

Events

If your company is traveling to BIO, please let us know. BioHouston has our own booth in Atlanta, and we'd like you to be a part of it!

Day: Monday 18-May-09 to Thursday 21-May-09
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Global Intellectual Property Due Diligence--BIO 2009 Session
Sponsor: Baker & McKenzie
Day: Wednesday 20-May-09 10:00 AM
Location: Georgia World Congress Center (Building B)--B313 Atlanta, GA
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Houston Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Awards

Honoring those who serve, innovate and save lives. Do not miss your chance to cheer on the unsung heroes in healthcare. This event is part of Celebrate!Enterprise, a four-day business event.

Day: Wednesday 20-May-09 8:30 AM
Location: Wortham Center, Houston, TX
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Life Science Technology Venture Forum
Day: Thursday 11-Jun-09 9:00 AM
Location: Rice University, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Management
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Advances in Tissue Engineering 2009
Day: Wednesday 12-Aug-09 8:30 AM
Location: Duncan Hall at Rice University
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JAIMA SHOW 2009

Jetro is interested in helping companies set up an office in Japan...and will pay your booth costs.

Sponsor: JETRO-Houston
Day: Wednesday 2-Sep-09 8:30 AM
Location: Chiba, Japan
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BioHouston Annual Luncheon--SAVE THE DATE
Day: Friday 11-Sep-09 11:00 AM
Location: Houston, TX
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The UP Experience
Day: Thursday 15-Oct-09 8:30 AM
Location: The Stafford Centre 10505 Cash Road Stafford, TX 77477
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Texas Life Science Conference--SAVE THE DATE
Day: Wednesday 11-Nov-09 8:30 AM
Location: Houston, TX
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News

Funding will help Molecular Templates continue developing cancer treatments

Biopharmaceutical company Molecular Templates Inc. has completed a $2.5 million Series A round of financing. Austin-based Molecular... [More Info]

Life Sciences Center attracts Canadian co. Molecular Templates

The Texas Life-Sciences Collaboration Center attracted its first international tenant — a Canadian-based biotech company called Molecular... [More Info]

SeqWright to Invest in LaserGen's Novel Lightning Terminators(TM)

HOUSTON, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- LaserGen, Inc., a DNA sequencing technology company, announced a definitive agreement in which SeqWright... [More Info]

OncoVista teams up with CTRC to test newest cancer drug

Two San Antonio cancer organizations are working toward the development on a new drug that could be used as a treatment for solid tumors. ... [More Info]

AirStrip software approved for BlackBerry phones

A day after the Food and Drug Administration approved AirStrip Technologies’ obstetrician application on the Apple iPhone, the company... [More Info]

SeqWright's Clinical Trial Support Contributes to the Approval of Two HPV Diagnostic Systems

HOUSTON, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SeqWright Inc., an international leader in the field of contract genomic services, announced today its... [More Info]

ULURU Inc. Signs Offer Letter to Acquire York Pharma plc

ADDISON, Texas, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ULURU Inc. (NYSE Amex: ULU) today announced that it has signed a non-binding offer... [More Info]

Jobs

Formulation Scientist

Company: Vapogenix, Inc.

Vapogenix Inc is a preclinical drug development company located south of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. The Company is seeking... [More Info]

Health Outcomes Research Team Leader

Company: Pharm-Olam International Ltd.

Pharm-Olam International ('POI'), a multi-national Clinical Contract Research Organization seeks an experienced Health Outcomes Research... [More Info]

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16-Apr-09 4:01 PM

BioHouston Newsletter 2-Apr-09: Chili Cook-off tomorrow

Tim Graves - noemail@biohouston.org — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:15:56 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Welcome to the BioHouston newsletter of upcoming events, news articles, jobs and more from our membership.

Events
News
Jobs

Events

6th Annual Chili Cook-Off
Register at the Door on Friday -- Yes, that's tomorrow!
Day: Friday 3-Apr-09 12:00 PM
Location: BioHouston Offices 2555 Holly Hall St., Ste. 100 Houston, TX 77054
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Breakfast Forum
David Callender, M.D., President, The University of Texas Medical Branch
Day: Tuesday 14-Apr-09 7:30 AM
Location: M. D. Anderson South Campus Research Building II 7435 Fannin Street Houston, TX 77054
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BioCamp Houston
Day: Saturday 4-Apr-09 9:00 AM
Location: 100 Keck Hall, Rice University Campus 6100 Main St. Houston, TX
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10th Annual Spring Conference
Day: Thursday 23-Apr-09 8:30 AM
Location: Crown Plaza 1700 Smith St. Houston, TX 77002
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2009 BIO International Conference
Day: Monday 18-May-09 8:30 AM
Location:
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Healthcare Heroes Awards
Day: Monday 20-May-09
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Life Science Technology Venture Forum
Day: Thursday 11-Jun-09 9:00 AM
Location: Rice University, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Management
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Advances in Tissue Engineering 2009
Day: Wednesday 12-Aug-09 8:30 AM
Location: Duncan Hall at Rice University
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The UP Experience
Day: Thursday 15-Oct-09 8:30 AM
Location: The Stafford Centre 10505 Cash Road Stafford, TX 77477
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News

San Antonio firm picked to market health care inventory software

Diversified Hospitals & Healthcare Solutions has agreed to serve as a distributor for health care software company VUEMED. Through this... [More Info]

KCI will eliminate 300 positions worldwide

Kinetic Concepts Inc. said Monday that the company is planning on laying off 4 percent of its work force, or 300 employees, worldwide. San... [More Info]

Dallas entrepreneur's latest device interrupts nerve signals to relieve pain

At 29, Will Rosellini has accomplished more than what it takes most people a lifetime to start. The degrees: masters in... [More Info]

Bill Gimson to head Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

Bill Gimson will lead the new Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas as its executive director. CPRIT is charged with using $3... [More Info]

OncoVista subsidiary awarded U.S. patent for anti-cancer technology

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued OncoVista Innovative Therapies Inc. and its AdnaGen AG subsidiary a patent for the... [More Info]

Reata Completes Financing and Expands Team to Capture Opportunity Created by Encouraging Clinical Data in Chronic Kidney Disease

Late Stage Clinical Trial Initiated in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease IRVING, TX - March 25, 2009 -- Reata Pharmaceuticals,... [More Info]

KV Pharmaceutical layoffs hit The Woodlands

KV Pharmaceutical Co.’s plan to lay off about 1,700 employees has made its way to the Houston area. The St. Louis-based pharmaceutical... [More Info]

VGX working on malaria vaccine for PATH

VGX Pharmaceuticals reached an agreement with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative Monday to design and test DNA vaccine candidates capable... [More Info]

Jobs

Health Outcomes Research Team Leader --new

Company: Pharm-Olam International Ltd.

Pharm-Olam International ('POI'), a multi-national Clinical Contract Research Organization seeks an experienced Health Outcomes Research... [More Info]

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2-Apr-09 12:15 PM

Bill Gimson named Executive Director of CPRIT

Tim Graves - noemail@biohouston.org — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:09:24 GMT

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Hello [firstname],

Just wanted to let you know…

Bill Gimson will lead the new Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas as its executive director.

CPRIT is charged with using $3 billion over a 10-year period to fund grants for cancer research and prevention. The money comes from general obligation bonds issued by the state and authorized by passage of a statewide proposition in 2007. CPRIT is governed by an 11-member oversight committee.

Gimson was chosen out of a field of candidates through a national search. He has 35 years of administrative experience with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. He recently retired as chief operating officer at the CDC.

Find the entire article on the BioHouston Website.

1-Apr-09 5:09 PM