San Diego's Roth passes away

Duane Roth, a founding member of the executive committee of Biocom, a trade association representing life sciences companies in southern California, passed away on Aug. 3 from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident on July 21. He was 63.

Roth was co-vice chair of the governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, as well as CEO of Connect, a San Diego-based not-for-profit that promotes the commercialization of life sciences in the region. Tyler Orion, previously COO at Connect, is serving as interim president. Additionally, Roth was a director and served on executive committees at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). He also founded and was chairman and CEO of Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. ...