Ceres awarded patent in Australia for trait that increases crop yields
Agribusiness, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesThousand Oaks-based Ceres Inc., an ag-biotech company, was awarded a patent in Australia for a trait that allows growers to increase yields without increasing crop inputs like fertilizer. The patent extends intellectual property protection to the Australian market of a key gene that Ceres has licensed to a multinational crop developer. It covers uses of Read More →
SpaceX launch helps Lompoc gain tourists
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Ceres still raising money despite losses
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Amgen drug Kyprolis gets another FDA approval
East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsAmgen scored another victory for its breakthrough multiple myeloma drug on Jan. 21. The Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant hit it big when the Food and Drug Administration approved revolutionary multiple myeloma drug Kyprolis for treatments with Kyprolis in combination with another drug. The FDA also approved Kyprolis to treat patients on its own for those Read More →
Santa Barbara’s 123Compliance acquired by Sparta Systems
Latest news, South Coast, TechnologySanta Barbara-based cloud software company 123Compliance was acquired by Hamilton, N.J.-based Sparta Systems on Jan. 20. Founded in 2011, 123Compliance develops software that helps medical companies’ products stay compliant with Food and Drug Administration regulations once research efforts are diverted to the next generation of development. Sparta Systems is a global technology company with customers Read More →
SpaceX launches NOAA SST satellite
Latest news, Technology, Top StoryA critical SpaceX mission blasted off from Vandenberg Airforce Base at 10:42 a.m., despite foggy conditions Jan. 17. Hawthorne-based SpaceX used a Falcon 9 rocket to launch a weather satellite into orbit, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will use to monitor ocean wave heights to track and measure the strength of hurricanes. The Read More →
Shire buying Conejo Valley’s Baxalta
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