Amgen’s $150 million investment aims to scale, diversify middle-market business
By Mark Alfred Special to the Business Times Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, one of the largest biotechnology companies in the world, invested $150 million into Project Black: an Ariel Investments fund intended to transform middle-market companies into certified minority-owned business enterprises. The fund, managed by Ariel’s private equity subsidiary Ariel Alternatives, is based in Chicago. It Read More →
CSUCI nursing aims to challenge bias in the medical field
Research continues to show that Black mothers and babies have the worst childbirth outcomes in the United States. And while this figure only focuses on one field of medicine — obstetrics/gynecology — the nursing program at CSU Channel Islands aims to challenge implicit bias among their pre-medical students and professionals. “Our faculty are engaged in Read More →
Transformative heart procedure circulates to Marian Regional
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Community Memorial rebrands to signal a new era
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Sientra announces reverse stock split to boost shares
Sientra, a medical aesthetics company focused on breast augmentation, announced on Jan. 20 that its board of directors approved a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of the company’s issued and outstanding common stock. The reverse stock split was effective as of 1 p.m. on Jan. 19 while the company’s common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Read More →
Sansum aims to set new standard of care for diabetes patients in 2023
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CRELY aims to detect problems early
Catching issues early is sometimes the best form of medicine there is. With enough time, power and resources, catching something early is the difference between life and death. For this medical-device startup out of Oxnard, catching something early is literally in its name. CRELY, a shorthand for credible, reliable, and early, was founded in 2018, Read More →
