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Amgen Chops Staff In Thousand Oaks

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Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said Wednesday afternoon that it is cutting 380 jobs from the firm, as part of a corporate restructuring. The firm said it is cutting 226 people in its Thousand Oaks headquarters. READ MORE>>.

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Amgen Buys deCODE Genetics

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Thousand Oaks-based biotech Amgen is acquiring Iceland-based deCODE Genetics , in a deal worth $415M in cash, the two companies announced this morning. deCODE Genetics is a provider of human genetic research which was founded in 1996.

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Teledyne Buys Photon Machines

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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said last week that it has acquired Photon Machines , a developer of laser-based, laboratory instrumentation. Its corporate headquarters and research labs are in Thousand Oaks. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Photon Machines was based in Bozeman, Montana.

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Teledyne Buys Majority Stake In Nova Sensors

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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said this morning that it has acquired a majority interest in Solvang-based Nova Sensors. Nova Research designs camera electronics, infrared camera systems, and integrated circuits. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Ceres Gets $4.9M Grant From DOE

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Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , a developer of energy crops for the biofuels energy, has landed $4,989,144 in a grant from the Department of Energy, as part of a $151M effort to fund energy breakthroughs.

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Amgen Names New Board Member

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Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen said Friday that it has named R. Williams is president of Gladstone Institutes, a nonprofit biomedical research enterprise, and is also a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Sander Williams, M.D., to its board of directors.

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Teledyne Buys Oceanscience

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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has acquired Carlsbad-based Oceanscience Group Ltd. , teledyne oceanscience merger acquisition ocean research vehicle unmanned' a developer of unmanned marine vehicles and sensor platforms. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.