Novim aims to settle climate change debate
A new Santa Barbara-based think tank called Novim aims to settle the global warming question once and for all.
Brave new biotech: Camarillo startup launches first products
PBS Biotech, a Camarillo-based startup, is bringing its first products to market.
Amgen drug shows blockbuster promise
Putting test results behind the talk at its recent product pipeline review, Thousand Oaks-based Amgen on May 17 released promising results for the Xgeva variant of its potential blockbuster bone drug denosumab.
Beyond biologics: Amgen bets new drugs will pay dividend
Amgen executives believe the biotech giant will grow substantially in the next decade, pursuing drugs that treat major melanoma and bone loss.
Nanosociology: UCSB center studies impact of nanotech
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have secured another $6.1 million grant to keep asking the big questions about very small things. UCSB is well known for its nanotechnology research. It splits the California NanoSystems Institute with UCLA, and researchers at its Center for Nanomedicine have already made the cover of Science, one of the most Read More →
Auto research center in works in Oxnard
The Oxnard City Council approved a plan Oct. 13 that will allow a state authority to issue $10 million in bonds to a private company that wants to build an automotive research facility in the city. Quattro-Del Norte LLC, the recipient of the bond financing, says the project would create about 100 jobs. The firm Read More →
