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Our core initiatives are to be a catalyst for local economic growth, champion for the business community with all levels of government, and to convene greater Irvine stakeholders.
Marketing is at a particular premium during these economically challenged times. As one of the many benefits of membership, the Greater Irvine Chamber offers several opportunities for members to market their products and services. Members are encouraged to: Market updates of products and services updates on their company directory profile page (accessed through the member portal) Upload product and services marketing/promotions (whether a discount or not) to the hot deals page (accessed through member portal) Submit events to the community calendar Submit newsworthy articles (other than product/services promotion or events) for inclusion in our website news Advertise with the Chamber Tourism-related businesses, retail, and restaurants have the opportunity to be included on the Destination Irvine website, destinationirvine.com Tag us in social posts and we’ll share your posts with our network LI: Greater Irvine Chamber IG/Twitter/FB: @irvinechamber IG/FB: @destinationirvine Twitter: @IrvineCVB Sponsor events (whether in-person or virtual) Become a Leaders Circle member for additional exposure opportunities. Support Greater Irvine Chamber members by visiting the member directory and hot deals page to plan your purchases! For more information, contact Laura Perdew.
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(Orange County Business Journal) Hospital operations across the U.S. continue to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, but heart valve maker Edwards Lifesciences Corp. is optimistic that its patients will get the necessary treatments for their life-threatening health conditions as the year goes on. “We’ve had it proven to us with our own eyes that our patients are not going to be postponed or delayed,” Chief Executive Mike Mussallem told the Business Journal on July 28, noting the resourcefulness of hospitals that took swift action to reschedule postponed elective procedures. “The back half of the year will be better than what we experienced in the second quarter,” Mussallem said. Edwards, Orange County’s largest public company with a nearly $50 billion market cap, surpassed analysts’ expectations for its second quarter ended June 30, recording $925 million in sales, compared to an expected $797.5 million. It also boosted its 2020 earnings-per-share guidance from $1.75 to $1.95 and maintained its top-line outlook at $4 to $4.5 billion in annual sales. The company reported a nearly $122 million loss for the quarter, due to a $368 million charge it took as a result of an intellectual property settlement with Abbott Laboratories earlier last month. Edwards’ shares rose following its July 2...
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(Orange County Business Journal) Irvine-based device maker Masimo Corp. recently unveiled its UniView: 60 platform, which provides clinicians with important patient reminders and advisories in a clean, concise display outside of each patient’s room. UCI Medical Center said it deployed the product in its new acute care unit, “as part of its vision of the hospital of the future” as well as its “longstanding commitment to patient safety” at the time of the product announcement. Masimo Chief Executive Joe Kiani said he was pleased to see the product launch “at one of our excellent local institutions.” The product’s name has to do with it’s speed-of use, as it allows “clinicians to familiarize themselves with the most relevant details of each patient’s case at the door in 60 seconds or less before they see the patient,” Kiani told analysts last week. The product is also an “effort to help increase clinical efficiency and improve handoff communication between staff,” Kiani said. “Studies have shown that inadequate communication related to patient handoff is often where patient safety fails first.” Product Suite The UniView: 60 platform connects to Masimo’s automation platform, which manages data entry, alarm forwarding and other data. It also integrates with the company’s suite of monitoring devices that trac...
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The University of California, Irvine Board of Regents voted to establish the UCI School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, elevating the program started in 2006 to full-school status. It is only the third school of its type in the UC system. This nascent school is a critical part of the Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. Its distinguished faculty and talented students will teach, research, and learn at the cutting edge of their disciplines and contribute to the delivery of outstanding integrative healthcare to patients across our region and, ultimately, across the nation. Under the leadership of Founding Dean Jan Hirsch, and already ranked among the top 10 pharmaceutical sciences departments in the nation, it will add a Pharm.D. program for practicing pharmacists to its current Ph.D. and other programs training the next generations of researchers and advancing research in the pharmaceutical sciences. Professor Judith Stepan-Norris, Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Hal Stern, and Acting Vice Provost for Academic Planning Valerie Jenness led the academic planning unit during the approval process the UCI School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. UCI is a gold-level Leaders Circle sponsor of the Greater Irvine Chamber. For more information on how to become involved, contact Jessic...
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