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Deja Vu Develops in Pursuit of Cancer Treatment
BIOTECH: Soon-Shiong reacquires research from buyer of his Abraxis firm.
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has rolled out another health care company and announced two new high-tech care programs in the L.A. biotech billionaire’s ongoing effort to revolutionize disease treatment and health care delivery.
Costs Hurt Health Net’s Quarter
Health Net Inc.’s profit plummeted in the fourth-quarter as the managed-care provider was hurt by litigation costs and other expenses.
L.A. City Council Places Medical Marijuana Measure on Ballot
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to place a third initiative regulating medical marijuana dispensaries on the May ballot.
Analysts Give Drug Maker Shot in Arm
BIOTECH: Amgen retains their confidence despite dip in quarterly earnings.
Some analysts give Amgen a healthy prognosis despite industry giant’s drop in fourth quarter earnings.
Higher Costs Hurt Amgen’s Quarter
Amgen Inc. reported a worse-than-expected 16 percent decline in fourth-quarter net income, as higher costs of marketing and production offset sales growth gains for many of its drugs.
Simulations Plus Profit Falls 22 Percent
Simulations Plus Inc. said its fiscal first-quarter net income fell 22 percent as the specialty software developer was hurt by cutbacks at some of its large customers.
Loeb Takes Stake in Herbalife
Herbalife Ltd. got a boost Wednesday on word that a respected trader had taken a stake in the company. But that news was tempered by a report that securities regulators had opened an inquiry into the company.
LTC Makes Land Acquisitions
LTC Properties Inc. said that it had purchased two land parcels and entered into health care facility development commitments valued at more than $29 million.
U.S. HealthWorks Announces Chicago Acquisitions
U.S. HealthWorks said that it has entered the Illinois market with the acquisition of three Chicago-area occupational medicine and urgent care centers.
Gores Group Completes Therakos Acquisition
The Gores Group has completed the acquisition of medical device maker Therakos Inc. from Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc.
Health Net Ends Contracts with Area Tenet Hospitals
Health Net Inc. on Thursday said it ended contracts with Tenet Healthcare Corp.’s six hospitals in Southern California over a dispute on reimbursement rates.
Herbalife Shares Rebound
Shares of Herbalife Ltd., which had fallen nearly 40 percent recently, made a comeback Wednesday as investors digested the company’s response to the latest criticisms of its multilevel marketing business model.
Mann Exchanges MannKind Debt for Stock
MannKind Inc. shares rose 5 percent on Wednesday after investors learned that the biotech’s founder had acquired more shares in exchange for cancelling debt the company owed him.
Herbalife to Expand in North Carolina
Herbalife Ltd., which has long relied on contract manufacturers to make its weight loss and nutritional products, has taken additional steps to change that.
Herbalife Plunges on Trader Comments – Again
Herbalife Ltd. shares dropped more than 10 percent on Wednesday after a report that a well-known hedge fund trader had shorted the company’s stock.
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