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BIOTECH

Analysts fawn over Acadia

San Diego’s Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD) got a nod from Jim Cramer’s lightning round on CNBC on Thursday night as a “one of the great [speculative shares] out there,” based on its work developing a treatment for Parkinson’s Disease.

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BIOTECH

Halozyme replaces its CFO

Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: HALO) reappointed David Ramsay as its chief financial officer this morning as it announced that former CFO Kurt Gustafson left the company to pursue other opportunities.

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GENERAL

SD biotechs upbeat at UBS conference

San Diego biotechs Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CADX) and Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX) gave upbeat assessments of their market prospects at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference in New York this week.

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GENERAL

La Jolla’s Survivor Beach unites community in stand against cancer

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center on June 2 will host the seventh annual Survivor Beach, a La Jolla tradition in which hundreds of community members gather in solidarity in the fight against cancer.

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MEDICAL

Grossmont Healthcare District honors Healthcare Heroes

The Grossmont Healthcare District, which supports health-related community programs and services in San Diegoís East County region, has announced winners of its 2013 Healthcare Hero awards given to volunteers for their contributions to improve health care in the East County.

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MEDICAL

Ronald McDonald House Charities adds five trustee members

Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego has welcomed several new board of trustees members. The organization provides supportive services, including food and lodging, to families with a critically ill or injured child being treated at a local hospital, according to a release.

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TECHNOLOGY

Company beams up test 'tricorder' for Qualcomm Tricorder X-Prize

Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) may have an early contender for its $10 million prize for the company that can build the first “tricorder” -- a wireless, handheld medical diagnostic device similar to the one used by the fictional Dr. Leonard McCoy in TV’s “Star Trek.”

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GENERAL

Santarus stock opens strong

Shares in San Diego biotech company Santarus Inc. (Nasdaq: SNTS) jumped more than 6 percent this morning after it was named the "Bull of the Day" by Zacks Equity Research and also got a strong nod from the Motley Fool stock pick site, with a pun-laden reference to the company's concentration on the intestines.

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AMN predicts health worker shortage

Because of the aging baby boomers, the United States is poised to have unprecedented shortages of health care workers over the next decade, the head of San Diego’s AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE: AMN) told UBS Healthcare Conference attendees in New York this week.

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MEDICAL

Illumina gets new clients in UK

London’s Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has embarked on a $4 million project using technology from San Diego’s Illumina (Nasdaq: ILMN) that aims to find a way to allow more cancer genes be tested in more people.

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In The News

May 24, 2013, 5:00 pm -- In local news, the CEO of the USS Midway Museum has received a leadership award for his education programs aboard the aircraft carrier, and Little Italy sees a building boom.

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 semifinalist: Mary Fisher

May 7, 2013 -- Daily Transcript reporter Tierney Plumb speaks with SkinMedica CEO Mary Fisher about her path to running the company and what sets SkinMedica's products apart from others in the market. Fisher is a semifinalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 San Diego awards.

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Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 semifinalist: Gerald Proehl

May 7, 2013 -- George Chamberlin speaks with Gerald Proehl, director/president/CEO of Santarus Inc., about the highs and lows of operating a biotech company. Proehl is a semifinalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 San Diego awards.

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