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Amylin Pharmaceuticals To Shut San Diego Operations

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However, it looks like the acquisition of San Diego''s Amylin Pharmaceuticals by Bristol-Myers Squibb is turning out not-so-great for employees in the location, after news that Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to close its San Diego operations , resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs. READ MORE>>.

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Lockerz Axes Plixi Team In San Diego

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Lockerz , the Seattle-based social shopping and e-commerce site backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has axed the company's San Diego office, in addition to laying off around 30 percent of its staff.

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Nestlé Sells Gut-Health Test Maker Prometheus Labs, Layoffs Expected

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Eight years after San Diego biotech Prometheus Laboratories was acquired by Nestlé Health Science , the diagnostic business has been sold again, this time to a little-known biotech called Precision IBD that plans to lay off approximately a quarter of Prometheus’s workforce.

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Inseego Aborts MiFi Sale, Launches Major Restructuring

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San Diego-based Inseego , the developer of the MiFi wireless hotspots, has aborted its plans to sell off its MiFi division to Chinese company TCL Industries Holdings (H.K.) Limited , and has embarked on a massive restructuring of the company. Inseego said it would immediately recommit to the Mi-Fi business. READ MORE>>.

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Turtle Beach Restructures HyperSound, Seeks Buyer

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San Diego-based audio technology developer Turtle Beach said Monday that it is restructuring its HyperSound business, in a bid to lower the operating costs of that business. As part of that restructuring, the company said that investment banker Piper Jaffray is contiuing "exploration of strategic options"for that business.

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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

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—Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MACK ) announced layoffs of 22 percent of its staff and the resignation of CEO Robert Mulroy. —San Diego: Biotech firm Sirenas reeled in a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to extract chemicals from marine organisms that might treat neglected diseases. CLINICAL NEWS.

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Xconomy’s Top Innovation Stories of the Half Year

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Layoffs Reflect New Turbulence at High-Flying 3D Robotics. Jeff Engel maps out New England’s cluster of cybersecurity companies—one of the region’s strengths (and a rich source of acquisition targets). Amid Leadership Changes, NY Biotech Braces for Its Pivotal Moment. AgTech Accelerator Aims to Sway Agriculture Investment Trends.