Asta Fluidic takes top spot at UCSB competition
A UC Santa Barbara team developing a cheap and easy technology to test for a serious pregnancy complication is the winner of the school’s 14th annual New Venture Competition. Asta Fluidic Technologies is developing a chip that could drastically reduce the time and cost of testing for fetomaternal hemorrhage, a condition in which the red Read More →
Shopping for shipping: ShipHawk aims to make sending stuff easier
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Don’t mind the gap: Ventura firm’s lightweight motors well-suited to electric cars, drones
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Yardi Systems looks to double sales in three years as it expands into new software niches
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Amgen teams up for Chinese joint venture
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen has teamed up with a Chinese company for a joint venture to sell its colorectal cancer drug Vectibix there. Zhejiang Beta Pharma will be 51 percent owner of the the new firm, which will be known as Amgen-Beta Pharmaceuticals. The deal is still subject to approval from Chinese authorities. Amgen’s Read More →
Nip, tuck and click: Etna’s regulatory know-how is key to success with clinics
With the latest in advanced medical technology and techniques, today’s aesthetic surgeons can make just about anyone beautiful. But who makes those clinics beautiful online? San Luis Obispo-based Etna Interactive has been providing digital medical marketing for a decade to everything from single-physician practices to regional clinic networks to medical device makers such as Read More →
Ready for liftoff: Local Market Launch gets $1.5M in first VC funding round
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