The
SCBC 4th Annual Investment & Strategic Partnering Opportunities
Conference
New Biotech And Medical
Device Companies Compete For Investors' Attention During The SCBC 4th
Annual Investment & Strategic Partnering Opportunities Conference
Forum Launches March
14-15, 2002
LOS ANGELES, CA --
(INTERNET WIRE) -- 03/04/2002 -- The Southern California Biomedical
Council (SCBC) today finalized the list of biotech and medical device
companies selected to present at its 4th Annual Investment &
Strategic Partnering Opportunities Conference. This event will be held
on March 14-15 at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. To
attend the SCBC Investor conference, you must pre-register at: www.socalbio.org/investor_conference_2002/Registration.htm.
The SCBC Investor
Conference features business presentations by CEOs of early-stage and
pre-IPO Southern California biotech and medical device firms interested
in raising capital and/or forging strategic partnerships. Selected from
a large pool of Southern California-based firms by an advisory board of
seasoned business professionals, the following companies will have the
opportunity to share their business plans with potential investors and
partners:
** Arbios Technologies (Los Angeles, CA): Bioartificial liver
** AusAm Biotech (Santa Monica, CA): Novel drug compounds to treat
kidney disease
** Calhoun Vision (Pasadena, CA): Intraocular lens that can be
adjusted non-invasively while in the eye
** Chemokine Inc. (Irvine, CA): Drugs to stop cancer cells from
spreading
** Epeius Biotechnologies (Los Angeles, CA):
Therapies for
metastatic colorectal cancer and other malignant solid tumors
**
GeneFuildics (Monterey Park, CA): MEMS-based gene analysis devices
**
Glaukos (Laguna Niguel, CA): Implantable device to treat Glaucoma
**
HemaVation (Costa Mesa, CA): Device to treat acute renal failure (ARF)
and septicemia
** Ionian Technologies (Claremont, CA): Novel genotyping
technology
** Medical Tactile Inc. (Los Angeles, CA): Device for early
detection of breast cancer
** MicroSolutions (Santa Barbara, CA):
Proprietary drug delivery technology to improve chronic disease
management
** Mpex BioScience (San Diego, CA): Discovery and development
of novel therapeutics for membrane protein disease targets
** Pacific
Wave Biomedical Innovations (Los Angeles, CA) : MEMS-based fiber optic
photonic sensors for medical applications
** Pivotal Machines (Cerritos,
CA): Microfluidic flow injection immunoassays
** Plexus Vaccine, Inc.
(San Diego, CA): Rational vaccine design & development
**
Pranalytica, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA): Development of a CO2 laser- based
sensing technology for medical applications
** Orqis Medical (Lake
Forest, CA): Cardiac recovery device to meet the needs of CHF patients
** Q-Step (La Crescenta, CA): Non-invasive bio-photonic device to
monitor the blood glucose levels of diabetics
** Refractec (Irvine, CA):
Radio frequency instrument for treating far-sightedness
** StemSource
(Westlake Village, CA): Stem cells for the emerging cell therapy and
tissue engineering industry
“The SCBC is pleased to work with leading
investors, such as Versant Ventures, and service providers, such as KPMG
LLP and Lyon & Lyon LLP, in organizing this annual forum for
emerging firms to exchange information with potential investors and
partners. It is a win-win situation for all parties involved. CEOs of
selected companies will get a chance to network and promote their
companies to potential investors. Investors, analysts and reporters will
get a closer look at new technologies under development by a new
generation of Southern California-based firms,” said Alfred E. Mann,
Conference Co-chair, Chairman of the Southern California Biomedical
Council, and founder of numerous LA-based biotech and device firms, such
as Mannkind, MiniMed (now part of Medtronic), Advanced Bionics, and
Second Sight.
The SCBC Investor
Conference will also showcase the following new Southern
California-based venture funds that invest in life science companies:
** Coastview Capital (Los Angeles & Westlake Village, CA)
** Convergent Ventures (Los Angeles, CA)
** HamiltonApex Technology Ventures (San Diego, CA)
In addition, the SCBC
Investor Conference will feature over 40 venture capitalists, investment
bankers, and biomed/biotech executives participating in different panel
discussions, symposia and workshops. These panels, symposia, and
workshops -- moderated by seasoned professionals from service providers
such as Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Heller Ehrman White
& McAuliffe, KPMG, Lyon & Lyon, Perkins Coie, Roth Capital
Partners, and Versant Ventures -- are designed to be interactive and
cover issues of interest to pre-IPO companies and early-stage investors,
from the nuts and bolts of negotiating terms sheets and closing a
private equity deal, to the ingredients of building a successful biotech
or device company.
The SCBC Investor
Conference boasts a high-profile and respected list of sponsors, each of
whom have contributed financially as well as hours of volunteer time
coaching presenters and acting as mentors. These sponsors include:
** Platinum Sponsors:
KPMG LLP
Lyon & Lyon LLP
** Gold Sponsors:
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
Perkins Coie LLP
Roth Capital Partners
Versant Ventures
** Silver Sponsors:
Bench International
Bolton & Company
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
Colliers Seeley
Convergent Ventures, LLC
Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Southland Industries
Summit Corporate Partners
** Associated Sponsors:
California Manufacturing Technology Center (CMTC)
California State University Program for Education & Research in
Biotechnology (CSUPERB)
LA Economic Development Corp. (LAEDC)
The Southern California
Biomedical Council (SCBC) is a trade association focused on promoting
biomed/biotech business development in the greater Los Angeles region.
For more information, please visit the Web at: www.socalbio.org,
or contact the SCBC at 213-236-4890.
Contact: Ahmed Enany
Company: Southern California Biomedical Council
Title: President & CEO
Phone: 213-236-4890
Email: scbc@socalbio.org
URL: http://www.socalbio.org
