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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 27th, 2018 / Central Coast Health Watch, Columns, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Dubroff: Vandenberg, Cal Poly blasting off with mission to Mars
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By Philip Joens / Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 / East Ventura County, Latest news / Comments Off on Baxalta laying off 100 employees in Thousand Oaks
Baxalta, a biotechnology company with 1,200 employees in Thousand Oaks, is laying off 100 workers at that office on May 1. Layoffs will affect 239 Baxalta employees across the state at offices in Thousand Oaks, Los Angeles and Van Nuys, according to notices filed March 2 with the state of California. At Baxalta’s office at Read More →
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By Philip Joens / Friday, January 15th, 2016 / Central Coast Health Watch, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Shire buying Conejo Valley’s Baxalta
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By Staff Report / Monday, January 11th, 2016 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Shire acquiring Baxalta for $32 billion
Shire PLC sweetened the pot and Baxalta Inc. investors took the bait in a deal announced early Jan. 11. Dublin-based Shire announced a $30 billion bid for Deefield, Ill.-based Baxalta on Aug. 4. On Jan. 11, the companies announced Shire will acquire Baxalta for $32 billion. Baxalta employs about 2,000 people in Thousand Oaks and Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 7th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, Columns, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Dubroff: Washington dysfunction over taxes could cost jobs in Tri-Counties
This is a column about how dysfunction in Washington is handing billions over to Wall Street while threatening thousands of jobs on the Central Coast. Just a year ago, Allergan shut its Goleta breast implant operation after it came under siege from corporate raiders, Activis, a New Jersey-based company that used an acquisition in Ireland Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Shire makes $30 billion bid for Thousands Oaks’ Baxalta
One of the biggest employers in Ventura County faces an ownership change less than one month after it was spun off from its Chicago-area parent. Shire Plc, a pharma company based in Dublin, Ireland, stunned the markets on Aug. 4 with a $30 billion bid for Baxalta. Baxalta, which employs around 2,000 at two locations Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Baxter Bioscience becomes Baxalta
East Ventura County has a major new employer. Deerfield, Ill.-based Baxalta Inc. was launched July 1 as health care giant Baxter International split into two companies. Former Baxter Bioscience operations in Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park are part of the Baxalta spinoff. The operations employed about 1,100 people in East Ventura County, according to the Read More →
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