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Eisai Pulls Weight Loss Drug From Market After FDA Flags Cancer Risks

Xconomy

The FDA said Thursday that its request for removal of the product from the market is voluntary, but Eisai has already started the process for doing so. Lorcaserin was approved in 2012 as a weight management therapy for use in addition to a reduced-calorie diet and exercise.

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Bio Roundup: Opioid Exposé, Gilead’s Gambit, Life Science IPOs & More

Xconomy

The opioid crisis reaches all corners of the nation, and newly released data this week revealed how the growth of the epidemic tracked with a massive increase in the production and distribution of these drugs. From 2006 to 2012, the number of pills distributed to pharmacies increased by more than 50 percent.

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Pernix Therapeutics Slashes Staff to Shake Up Sales Strategy

Xconomy

The remaining neurology and pain sales staff will operate under the same management, a streamlining move that the company hopes will help the company better target the key physicians who prescribe the company’s products. In 2014, Pernix, then based in The Woodlands, TX, acquired San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals.

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As Drone Navigation Advances, SlantRange Focuses on Farm Analytics

Xconomy

— Swift Navigation , founded in 2012 and now based in San Francisco, is using real-time kinematic (RTK) technology to enhance the precision of satellite-based GPS positioning data. SlantRange, a San Diego company founded almost three years ago, is a drone-related startup already generating sales.

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With $18M, Reflexion Health Expands Physical Therapy Technology

Xconomy

Reflexion Health, a San Diego startup founded in 2012 at the nonprofit West Health Institute, is moving to commercialize Vera, its physical rehabilitation system based on Microsoft Kinect’s motion tracking technology. We’ve made the transition from product development, and turned the corner toward commercialization.”.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs was named one of Fortune’s 10 Brilliant Technology Visionaries for 2012 alongside the great and powerful Oz’s of Apple and Google. The San Diego-based company is one of 53 California companies ranked on the Fortune 500, 22 of which are SoCal companies. Social games.