January 13, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

Cuadrilla-backed InfoDesk acquires Wide Narrow

Latest news, Technology

InfoDesk, an enterprise insights software platform, has acquired Wide Narrow, a competitive and market intelligence SaaS platform for an undisclosed amount, the company said in an April 4 news release. InfoDesk is backed by Cuadrilla Capital, a Santa Barbara-based venture capital firm that invests primarily in software companies. Massumi + Consoli LLP served as legal Read More →

| Monday, April 3rd, 2023

Amgen’s ongoing patent lawsuit

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It has been nearly a decade since Amgen sued Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for patent infringement on at least three of its intellectual property portfolio. The latest development in this saga happened on March 27, when Amgen spoke at the U.S. Supreme Court. Amgen’s specific IP portfolio, which describes and claims monoclonal antibodies to proprotein Read More →

| Monday, April 3rd, 2023

Good Works: Hilton Foundation sets record with $435 million in grants

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| Monday, April 3rd, 2023

Conejo Valley welcomes first biotech expo

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| Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Westlake Village company secures $37 million in equity funding

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| Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

Unemployment rate stabilizes across tri-counties in February

Economy, Latest news, left, Tri-County Economy

The unemployment rate along the Central Coast was lower in the month of February as the pattern of a usual hike in job loss stabilized after the holiday season, according to data released on March 24 by the California Employment Development Department. Unemployment data, which is usually released in the third week of the month, Read More →

| Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

Frontier Aerospace secures $10 million in Series A funding

East Ventura County, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology

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