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Sherman Oaks Biotech Licenses Treatment for Development in China
Sherman Oaks biopharmaceutical company T-Cure Bioscience has entered into a license agreement with Chinese biotech Immunotech Biopharm Ltd. to develop a T cell therapy for renal cancer.
CSUN Campus to Host Large-Scale Vaccination Site
California State University – Northridge will become a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site.
Tent Hospital in Lancaster Will Care for COVID Patients
The City of Lancaster, in partnership with North Carolina nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse and Antelope Valley Hospital, is building a 50-bed field hospital to serve the overwhelming number of COVID-19 patients.
Valley Hospitals Near Capacity With COVID Patients, Situation ‘Dire’
Surges in COVID-19 cases linked to holiday gatherings are overwhelming Valley hospitals to the point of possibly rationing care and causing a shortage of space to store corpses.
Moderna Hires Amgen Executive as Chief Commercial Officer
Corinne Le Goff, a former executive at Amgen Inc., has been hired by Moderna Inc.
Dignity Health Parent Expands Southwest Division
CommonSpirit Health, which owns Dignity Health hospitals in Northridge and Glendale, has expanded its Southwest Division.
Amgen Submits Lung Cancer Drug for European Approval
Amgen Inc. has submitted for approval from the European Medicines Agency its drug used to treat a mutation of non-small cell lung cancer.
Valley Kaiser Permanente Staff to Appear in Rose Parade TV Segment
Staff from Valley facilities of Kaiser Permanente will participate in the health care organization’s 90-second video for “The Rose Parade’s New Year Celebration presented by Honda” on New Year’s Day.
Sterling Healthcare Acquires Negotiator
Sterling Healthcare Logistics in Calabasas has acquired ABS Vaccines, which operates as a contract negotiator between health care providers and drug manufacturers or vendors.
Burbank's Quanta in Reverse Merger With Medolife Rx
Quanta Inc. in Burbank has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Medolife Rx, a Wyoming company that uses patented polarization technology to make anti-viral and immune-boosting therapeutics.
Amgen Licenses Experimental Drug for Tuberculosis, Leprosy Treatment
Amgen Inc. has licensed one of its investigational pipeline drugs to Medicines Development for Global Health for the treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Protests Amgen Pricing for Orphan Drugs
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles staged a socially distant protest at Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks in response to the biotech giant’s refusal to sell orphan drugs to nonprofit entities at a reduced price.
Nurses Strike Called Off
A nursing strike planned for the holidays was narrowly avoided, with Hospital Corporation of America and Service Employees International Union 121 RN coming to a tentative contract agreement.
Valley Hospital Staff Receive COVID Vaccine
Hospitals in the Valley region have started administering the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer Inc.
Behavioral Health Hospital Coming to Lancaster
Antelope Valley Hospital and Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare have entered into a joint venture to build and operate a new specialty hospital in Lancaster.
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