MindBody gives details of partnership with Under Armour

MindBody announced details of a long-awaited partnership with global sportswear and equipment manufacturer Under Armour on Oct. 4. Now users of Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal app will be able to find fitness classes near them through the app. MindBody, a San Luis Obispo-based developer of merchant processing software for yoga and fitness studios, said in a Read More →
Comcast spends $30M on Semtech stock in deal to create trial LoRa network

Camarillo semiconductor manufacturer Semtech announced a partnership with Comcast on Oct. 5 for the development of a trial low-power wide area network in Philadelphia and San Francisco this fall. Semtech and Philadelphia-based internet provider, cable provider and media company Comcast said in a news release the trial will help accelerate the rollout of a much Read More →
Nurses claim labor law violations in suit against Twin Cities Community Hospital

A group of 53 nurses filed claims against Templeton’s Twin Cities Community Hospital for allegedly violating California labor laws, according to a news release from the law firm Baltodano & Baltodano. The claims were filed in private arbitration on Oct. 3 because of the confidentiality provisions in the nurses’ contracts with the hospital, said Lauren Read More →
Amgen partners with Swedish company to develop drugs

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen will pay a Swedish company up to $410 million to help it develop oncology and neuroscience drugs. The companies announced the partnership Oct. 4 and said Nuevolution will use its Chemetics drug discovery platform to discover drugs for Amgen. Nuevolution may receive licensing payments along with development, commercial and milestone payments. It Read More →
Amgen leukemia drug cures 39 percent of treated patients, study finds

Amgen’s new leukemia drug cured 39 percent of pediatric patients who received treatment, the Thousand Oaks company said Oct. 3 after publishing results of a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Blincyto, which treats a rare form of the disease known as precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, sent 27 patients out of 70 Read More →
Air Force awards AeroVironment a $22.8 million contract for miniature missile system

The U.S. Air Force awarded AeroVironment a $22.8 million contract for miniature missile systems Oct. 3. First deployed by the USAF in 2011, the AeroVironment Switchblade is a small missile system that can be fit in backpacks and can provide precision strikes using a missile carried in its body. The Switchblade is fired from a Read More →