Dubroff: East Ventura County should focus on creating a biotech cluster
When the Business Times broke the story that Amgen was cutting roughly 500 support and operations jobs at its sprawling Thousand Oaks campus, there were gasps — and sighs of relief. Gasps because the world’s largest biotechnology company is the economic engine for the Conejo Valley, East Ventura County and, for that matter, a big Read More →
Read More →Goleta-based Resonant reports net losses grew in 2016
Net losses widened in 2016 for mobile device filter designer Resonant, based in Goleta, from $9.72 million in 2015 to $15.25 million, the company announced March 30. Resonant brought in $302,000 in revenues for the year, compared to none in 2015, but total operating expenses grew 60 percent year-over-year to $15.59 million. Net losses per Read More →
Read More →FDA fast tracks Amgen’s Blincyto leukemia drug
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen announced March 29 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has fast-tracked the company’s leukemia drug Blincyto for priority review. The drug increases the length of survival among high-risk patients, according to a study released by the New England Journal of Medicine. It almost doubled median overall survival versus chemotherapy among adult patients Read More →
Read More →MindBody acquires dynamic pricing technology company
Business management software company MindBody, based in San Luis Obispo, announced March 29 that it had acquired early-stage Southern California yield management company Lymber Wellness. Lymber uses MindBody’s application program interface platform to support adjustable pricing strategies for wellness-based businesses. The technology changes the prices for classes and appointments based on availability, similar to dynamic Read More →
Read More →Tri-county hospitals oppose Trump health care bill
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