Has Amgen solved its conundrum?
ColumnsFor the past decade, the world’s biggest biotechnology company has faced what I have come to call the Amgen conundrum. The company’s revenue and profits keep rising, along with new ways of delivering its core drugs Epogen and Aranesp. But big one ingredient has been missing — a rising share price. After a spectacular rise Read More →
Editorial: Get thee to a polling place
OpinionThere’s a lot at stake in this year’s June 8 primary. Because gerrymandering is still the name of the game, primary winners in several legislative districts will have a virtual lock on the November election. Key primaries include the Democratic side in the 35th Assembly District, which covers parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, Read More →
Editorial: Have a scoop, stand up to union coneheads
OpinionWith summer on the way, it’s time to eat ice cream. And we can’t think of a better place to try your favorite flavor than Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab in Arroyo Grande. For reasons that are so obscure as to be plainly stupid, Doc Burnstein’s has been the target of banners and protests by Read More →
Public, private hospitals expanding in Ventura
UncategorizedWith the completion of its new $50 million replacement clinic in the fall, Ventura County Medical Center will finally put the capstone on its new campus. In 1994, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors approved the county medical center’s “consolidation project,” a massive effort to replace and upgrade facilities. Since then, the public medical center’s inpatient Read More →
The blood
UncategorizedSanta Barbara-based BioIQ has signed a deal with UnitedHealthcare to provide the South Coast firm’s at-home health screening kits to as many as 11 million UHC customers. BioIQ’s packets require a pin prick and a few drops of blood to test for conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease and kidney disease. But what drives Read More →
Ten years down the road, Palms center in Oxnard turning around
ColumnsThe very first issue of the Business Times 10 years ago took a hard look at the ailing Oxnard Factory Outlet along Highway 101. At the time, the shopping center looked like a ghost town. It was losing the fight against the newly opened Camarillo Premium Outlets and had struggled for years with declining profits, Read More →
