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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 7th, 2015 / Columns, Health Care & Life Science, 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 / 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 →
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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 →
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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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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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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 →
