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Semtech Corp., a Camarillo semiconductor company specializing in Internet of Things applications, saw its income and revenue rise in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021-22, thanks in large part to growth in its wireless and sensing products market. Semtech saw revenue rise 28% year-over-year to $170.4 million, the company said when it released its Read More →
Amgen announced an agreement June 1 with Kyowa Kirin, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, to jointly develop and commercialize a human monoclonal antibody that Kyowa Kirin is developing to treat atopic dermatitis and other autoimmune diseases. The deal could be worth $1.25 billion or more. Amgen will led the development, manufacturing and commercialization for the treatment, Read More →
By David Kreinces In early May, David Swensen, Yale’s legendary endowment chief, died of cancer at age 67. Swensen was famous on Wall Street for successfully diversifying Yale’s portfolio in a wide range of alternative investments, and he was also loved for his 2005 book on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The book, “Unconventional Success,” showed Swensen’s Read More →
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on May 28 for its latest oral drug treatment, Lumakras, potentially adding another huge market for one of the largest biotech firms in the world. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amgen will charge $17,900 a month for the drug and analyst think Read More →
QAD, a Santa Barbara-based cloud software company for the manufacturing industry, beat analysts’ expectations with its earning for the first quarter of its 2021-22 fiscal year on May 26. QAD’s net income for the quarter was $1.8 million, or 7 cents per share, compared to a loss of $410,000 in the same quarter a year Read More →
Shares of Deckers Brands, the Goleta-based parent company of Ugg and other footwear brands, jumped 7% on May 20 following the announcement of its fourth quarter and full-year 2020 financial results, which included big jumps in both revenue and net income. Net sales increased 19.4% from 2019 to 2020, to $2.5 billion, the most in Read More →