Amgen reaches billion-dollar licensing deal with Japanese firm
![](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Amgen-hq-flag-web-300x224.jpg)
Amgen announced an agreement June 1 with Kyowa Kirin, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, to jointly develop and commercialize a human monoclonal antibody that Kyowa Kirin is developing to treat atopic dermatitis and other autoimmune diseases. The deal could be worth $1.25 billion or more. Amgen will led the development, manufacturing and commercialization for the treatment, Read More →
Read More →![Premium Content](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/themes/e9bqxucyjgdpwjvsw8/images/premium.gif)
Dubroff: Wind, batteries could replace nuclear power on Central Coast
![Henry Dubroff](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Henry-WEB-color-cropped-201x224.jpg)
This article is only available to Business Times subscribers Subscribers: LOG IN or REGISTER for complete digital access. Not a Subscriber? SUBSCRIBE for full access to our weekly newspaper, online edition and Book of Lists. Check the STATUS of your Subscription Account.
Read More →![Premium Content](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/themes/e9bqxucyjgdpwjvsw8/images/premium.gif)
Our View: Recovery is in the air for Central Coast tourism
![](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/13-SLO-Airport-web-300x224.jpg)
This article is only available to Business Times subscribers Subscribers: LOG IN or REGISTER for complete digital access. Not a Subscriber? SUBSCRIBE for full access to our weekly newspaper, online edition and Book of Lists. Check the STATUS of your Subscription Account.
Read More →Good Works: Detox facility coming to San Luis Obispo after B of A donation
![](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MAT-on-5.17.21-300x224.jpg)
Bank of America has donated $250,000 to Community Action San Luis Obispo County, giving the nonprofit the last of the money it needs to open the county’s first drug detox clinic. The medically assisted withdrawal treatment center is under construction already at CAPSLO’s Homeless Services Center on Prado Road, and is scheduled to open this Read More →
Read More →![Premium Content](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/themes/e9bqxucyjgdpwjvsw8/images/premium.gif)
Real Estate: Ventura County and Oxnard reach harbor deal; industrial complex coming to Simi Valley
![](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Amber-Hair-mug-web-e1610738857858-300x224.gif)
This article is only available to Business Times subscribers Subscribers: LOG IN or REGISTER for complete digital access. Not a Subscriber? SUBSCRIBE for full access to our weekly newspaper, online edition and Book of Lists. Check the STATUS of your Subscription Account.
Read More →Armor startup wins UCSB New Venture Competition
![](https://dev.pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ucsb-venture-winners-2021-300x224.png)
EEL Armor, a startup focused on creating a new and affordable lightweight armor meant to stop the penetration of bullets from assault rifles, won the 2021 New Venture Competition hosted by UC Santa Barbara’s Technology Management Program on May 20. EEL Armor also won the people’s choice award at the event, helping the company net Read More →
Read More →Opinion: Remembering David Swensen, a giant in the investment world
By David Kreinces In early May, David Swensen, Yale’s legendary endowment chief, died of cancer at age 67. Swensen was famous on Wall Street for successfully diversifying Yale’s portfolio in a wide range of alternative investments, and he was also loved for his 2005 book on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The book, “Unconventional Success,” showed Swensen’s Read More →
Read More →