Amgen leukemia drug cures 39 percent of treated patients, study finds
Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsAmgen’s new leukemia drug cured 39 percent of pediatric patients who received treatment, the Thousand Oaks company said Oct. 3 after publishing results of a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Blincyto, which treats a rare form of the disease known as precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, sent 27 patients out of 70 Read More →
NRG moves forward with Oxnard power plant site
Energy, Latest newsDespite a recent setback from the California Coastal Commission, Houston-based NRG Energy is pressing ahead with plans to build a new power plant along the Oxnard coast. If built, the company claims construction of the facility could have an economic impact of at least $93 million on the region. But the California Coastal Commission handed Read More →
Kmart sued for violating UCSB patent on LED bulbs
Columns, Law & Goverment, right, TechnologyA South Korean semiconductor company recently sued Kmart for allegedly violating a UC Santa Barbara professor’s patent on LED light bulbs. Seoul Semiconductor sued Kmart Corp. in federal court in Los Angeles Sept. 9 for allegedly violating several patents, including one owned by UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura. The lawsuit accuses Kmart of making, using, importing Read More →
FDA gives big win to Amgen in biosimilars race
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Diablo Canyon Power Plant closure not a done deal
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The Trade Desk rockets to $1 billion after IPO
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Fires delay satellite launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base
Latest newsLiftoff of a long delayed earth imaging satellite has been pushed back further by two wildfires burning on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Originally scheduled for Sept. 16, the launch of the WorldView4 earth imaging satellite was first pushed back at the last minute until Sept. 18 because of a minor leak in one of the Read More →
