Amgen buys $66 million stake in genetics device company

Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen broadened its reach into genetics research Oct. 18 with a $66 million investment in handheld DNA sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Genetics has been a research focus for Amgen since its 2012 acquisition of deCODE, particularly in the area of Alzheimer’s therapies. The news follows closely the release by Oxford Read More →
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Offshore wind projects on the Central Coast caught an updraft Oct. 18 when U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released a call for information and nominations to identify companies interested in commercial projects. The backing by the Trump administration moves forward a proposal concept that had been stalled by an assessment by the U.S. Navy Read More →
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Teledyne Technologies buys West Virginia firm

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Amgen launches Humira biosimilar in Europe

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MannKind stock soars after it closes $105 million deal

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