Shire makes $30 billion bid for Thousands Oaks’ Baxalta
By Staff Report / Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, 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 →
Economic development should be part of Ventura County’s general plan
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 31st, 2015 / Editorials, Health Care & Life Science, Opinion / Comments Off on Economic development should be part of Ventura County’s general plan
Ventura County is embarking on an important step forward as it weighs the latest update to its general plan. That step would be to include an economic development element to the general plan in the next approval cycle. A letter to county officials from the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County recommends the county include Read More →

Help Unlimited celebrates 40 years of pairing caregivers with patients
By Manny Araujo / Friday, July 31st, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Small Business / Comments Off on Help Unlimited celebrates 40 years of pairing caregivers with patients

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New Cancer Center of Santa Barbara aims for better collaboration
By Manny Araujo / Friday, July 31st, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on New Cancer Center of Santa Barbara aims for better collaboration

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FDA approves Amgen’s Kyprolis
By Staff Report / Friday, July 24th, 2015 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on FDA approves Amgen’s Kyprolis
The Food and Drug Administration approved Amgen’s Kyprolis for second-line treatments of multiple-myeloma on Friday. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen’s new treatment for multiple-myeloma could pay off big for the company now that the treatment can be accessed by more patients in the second line of treatments. Kyprolis was approved for third-line treatments in 2012. The FDA’s Read More →
Amgen submits data on cancer drug Kyprolis to FDA
By Staff Report / Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen submits data on cancer drug Kyprolis to FDA
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen announced Thursday that it submitted data comparing its new multiple-myeloma drug against a rival to the Food and Drug Administration. Kyprolis is Amgen’s new treatment for multiple-myeloma, which is a form of blood cancer that forms in plasma cells and typically grows in bone marrow. The drug was approved for third-line treatments Read More →

Amgen’s gamble on new cancer drug may pay off
By Philip Joens / Friday, July 17th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Amgen’s gamble on new cancer drug may pay off

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