In a recent survey of biomedical CEOs in California, 80% said their companies have been courted by other countries, state governments or regional economic development associations in the past year. Yet the same survey, the 2011 California Biomedical Industry Report, also found consensus of confidence in the state's ongoing attractiveness to the biomedical industry, with many CEOs planning to increase jobs, manufacturing, and R&D operations within California vs. elsewhere. (Medical Device Daily)