Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen announced on Nov. 6 that the Food and Drug Administration will review a new treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease. The new drug, Etelcalcetide, works by suppressing the secretion of a parathyroid hormone. The drug is administered intravenously three times per week at the end of a dialysis session. Read More →
Regulators have put crab season on ice. The tri-county commercial fishing industry is feeling the sting of a toxin that’s been found in some of the area’s seafood. The California Department of Public Health advised consumers in a Nov. 3 announcement not to eat Dungeness and rock crabs caught between the Oregon border and the Read More →
Port Hueneme-based Stellar Biotechnologies started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Nov. 5. Stellar makes a protein for immunotherapy treatments using a unique sea snail only found off the coastal shores of a small part of California. Shares opened at $8.74 on Nov. 5 and were trading on the Nasdaq at $9.40 as of 11:30 Read More →
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