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By Jorge Mercado / Friday, May 28th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Biotech, East Ventura County, Latest news, right, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen gets FDA approval for potential billion-dollar drug
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on May 28 for its latest oral drug treatment, Lumakras, potentially adding another huge market for one of the largest biotech firms in the world. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amgen will charge $17,900 a month for the drug and analyst think Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Friday, May 28th, 2021 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Public health meets private sector with Charity Dean’s new venture
Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Charity Dean realized a harsh reality. She was then assistant director of the California Department of Public Health, and she knew the state and nation were literally in a do-or-die situation. “As a local health officer, I learned painfully that no one is coming to save me,” Dean, who Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, May 27th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on QAD stock rises after earnings beat
QAD, a Santa Barbara-based cloud software company for the manufacturing industry, beat analysts’ expectations with its earning for the first quarter of its 2021-22 fiscal year on May 26. QAD’s net income for the quarter was $1.8 million, or 7 cents per share, compared to a loss of $410,000 in the same quarter a year Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, May 24th, 2021 / Latest news, right, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Invoca makes first acquisition, will push company past $100M annual revenue
Invoca, a marketing call analytics company based in Santa Barbara, announced its first acquisition May 24, the purchase of a Chicago-based call tracking and analytics company called DialogTech in a combined cash and stock deal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Invoca said the puts it on track to exceed $100 million in revenue Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Friday, May 21st, 2021 / Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Latest news, Nonprofits, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Ventura County Farm Bureau CEO to retire
John Krist, the CEO of the Ventura County Farm Bureau, will retire in February after 14 years with the organization, the Farm Bureau said in a May 21 news release. Krist joined the Farm Bureau in 2008 and as the CEO he was responsible for managing the staff, daily operations and finances. He also recommended Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, May 20th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, middle, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Deckers shares rise on news of record sales and earnings
Shares of Deckers Brands, the Goleta-based parent company of Ugg and other footwear brands, jumped 7% on May 20 following the announcement of its fourth quarter and full-year 2020 financial results, which included big jumps in both revenue and net income. Net sales increased 19.4% from 2019 to 2020, to $2.5 billion, the most in Read More →
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