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TaskUs Hires More Than 5,300 In 2016, Now At 7,000 Employees

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Santa Monica-baseed digital outsourcing provider TaskUs , led by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said Tuesday evening that it hired over 5,300 employees in 2016, and now has more than 7,000 total employees spread across eleven different offices.

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DNAe Aims At Treating Antimicrobial Resistant Infections

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Carlsbad-based DNAe says it has developed a new, diagnostic platform that uses semiconductor DMA to help in treating antimicrobial resistant infections. million contract with the U.S. government to developing DNA sequencing technology to help physicians by providing rapid diagnosis of antimicrobial resistant infections and influenza.

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Medsphere Systems Merges With Stockell Healthcare

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Carlsbad-based electronic health records software developer Medsphere Systems Corporation , and St. Stockell Healthcare Systems is a developer of revenue cycle management (RCM) tools. Louis-based Stockell Healthcare Systems said today that the two are in a merger agreement, which will make Stockell a division of Medsphere.

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TaskUs Names Sales VP

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Los Angeles-based TaskUs , which provides business process outsourcing, said this week that it has named Jarrod Johnson as Senior Vice President of Sales. Johnson was most recently SVP of Sales, Marketing, and Client Development at FacilitySource, and also had served at IBM and Xerox. Johnson will be based in Dallas. READ MORE>>.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

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The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. Divergent 3D made Blade — which was on the auto show circuit in 2016 — to demonstrate the technology platform. Founder and CEO Kevin Czinger didn’t provide specific numbers.

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Aerie Pharmaceuticals Resubmits NDA

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Irvine-based pharmaceuticals developer Aerie Pharmaceuticals said today that it has resubmitted an NDA (New Drug Application) for its Rhopressa (netarsudil ophthalmic solution) for treating glaucoma, to the FDA.

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

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In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors was legalized via the SEC way back in 2016, and its impact is still not fully understood. The primary challenge seems to be that the crowdfunding term is used to encompass so many different concepts that everyone is confused. Marty Zwilling.

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