Investigator(s):
Rie Sakai-Bizmark, MD, MPH, PhD
A researcher from LA BioMed has been awarded $688,013 in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health to improve newborn infant screening.
Investigator(s):
The Lundquist Institute
From cancer-fighting therapies to groundbreaking models for emergency care and nursing, the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) has been home to some of modern medicine's most important breakthroughs.
Investigator(s):
The Lundquist Institute
Torrance, CA (February 7, 2018): Calling the day a “major milestone,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas joined officials of LA BioMed for the topping off ceremony of their 78,000 square foot research building and incubator that is an integral component of LA County’s 1st Biotech Hub, emerging in the heart of LA BioMed’s 11.5-acre research park adjacent to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance.
Investigator(s):
The Lundquist Institute
By NICK GREEN | ngreen@scng.com | Article provided by the Daily Breeze
October 1, 2017
Investigator(s):
Christian de Virgilio, MD, FACS
News provided by U.S. Food and Drug Administration
July 7, 2017
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Endari (L-glutamine oral powder) for patients age five years and older with sickle cell disease to reduce severe complications associated with the blood disorder.
Investigator(s):
Keith Hoffman, PhD
Offers Additional Resources to Help its Startups Succeed
LOS ANGELES – (June 16, 2017) – LA BioMed is launching a Commercialization Accelerator Program™ (CAP), designed and implemented by Larta Institute, that will offer LA BioMed’s early stage bioscience companies additional resources to strengthen and speed their innovations to the marketplace, Keith B. Hoffman, PhD, LA BioMed vice president of business development and technology transfer, and Rohit Shukla, Larta Institute CEO, announced today.
Investigator(s):
Jack Edwards Jr., MD
Dr. Edwards Receives the Rhoda Benham Award from Medical Mycology Society
“Congratulations to Dr. Edwards for this important recognition of his many accomplishments and contributions to this field of scientific study,” said David I. Meyer, PhD, LA BioMed president and CEO. “For more than three decades, Dr.
Investigator(s):
The Lundquist Institute
Proceeds to Help Fund Institute’s Groundbreaking Research and New Facilities
LA BioMed and UCLA announced today that they have sold their royalty rights to Kybella®, the first and only FDA-approved injectable drug to treat submental fullness, that was originally developed by LA BioMed and UCLA researchers. Allergan, a global pharmaceutical company, is marketing Kybella® for the treatment of submental fullness.