The last week of spring is filled with events, ranging from a boat show, an educational program, and conferences. Feel free to partake in one or all before things really heat up.

According to Dr. Gregory Frost, a good team has the right blend of divergent and convergent thinkers. He has apparently achieved this balance at Halozyme Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes products that advance patient care. The company has achieved ongoing success since its founding in 1999. Frost is the organization’s CEO and president.

The American spirit may be eternally young, but the fact remains that the U.S. population is getting older. Kian Saneii, the CEO of Independa, is well aware of that fact, and he wants to change the nature of elderly care in America.

Few CEOs could come up with a plan more audacious than Mary Fisher’s, when she became the leader of SkinMedica in 2008. At the time, the company, founded in 1999, had two distinct business lines. However, Fisher decided that the organization was better off with just one.

MedVantx Inc., which recently announced a major expansion, is a San Diego-headquartered company that has pioneered a unique direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical distribution channel that many consider to be disruptive to historical norms. MedVantx’s innovative platform helps streamline access, improve quality of care, and ultimately, reduce health care costs — the key goals of new health care reform models under the Accountable Care Act.

Recent court decisions have narrowed the scope of patent eligible subject matter. The Supreme Court’s decision just over a year ago in Mayo v. Prometheus has created uncertainty with respect to the scope of protection, available to diagnostic methods. A decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics may further alter the scope of patent eligible subject matter. To many patent practitioners in the biotechnology industry, these decisions seem to undermine the availability of patent protection that has been afforded to this industry. Ultimately, these decisions could affect innovation and dissemination of knowledge in this field.

Medical technology company CareFusion Corp. (NYSE: CFN) has announced a new contract with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for a new Pyxis ES platform for medication dispensing technology.

Kitchell, construction program manager and builder, has hired Wendy Cohen, former director of facilities planning, development and construction for Palomar Health, as its new regional executive in San Diego.

The head of Qualcomm Life, the young subsidiary of chip giant Qualcomm Inc., cleared up some confusion about what the unit was created to do.

Sequenom Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM) and its wholly owned subsidiary Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine has entered into technology licensing and marketing agreements with Laboratoire Cerba in France for noninvasive prenatal aneuploidy testing.

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch of counsel Todd Leigh will be honored with a "Father of the Year" award by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) at a dinner on June 6. For decades, Leigh, a commercial real estate attorney, has volunteered for numerous ADA committees and boards on the national, state and local levels.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dynalectric Company, San Diego’s premier electrical contractor, has been awarded the 2012 National Construction Safety Excellence Award from the Associated General Contractors (AGC).

The fifth annual Miracle Babies “Moms 5K for Healthy Babies” to raise funds for families with newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will take place from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday at Embarcadero Marina Park South. The event includes a timed 5K run at 8 a.m. and a family-friendly 5K walk at 9 a.m.

San Diego-based artist Concetta Antico has announced she is donating $1,900 to Rady Childrenís Hospital in support of their Healing Environments program. This donation comes from the sales from Antico’s Spring Collectors Exhibition “Metamorphosis,” which was held at Antico Fine Art Gallery in Mission Hills on April 28, according to a release.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the "BBB-" rating on $12.6 million of certificates of participation (COPs) issued by San Diego County on behalf of Arc of San Diego.

Despite looming sequestration cuts and impacts to bottom lines, defense companies say forgoing insurance for their employees is not an option.