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Xirrus Adds Calix CEO Russo To Board

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of wireless networking equipment headed by Dirk Gates, has snagged the CEO of networking equipment maker Calix for its board. At Xircom, Russo was COO and responsible for sales, marketing, development, and manufacturing. READ MORE>>.

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Bio Roundup: Mylan’s Shock, Hillary’s 3%, Duchenne Lessons & More

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Mylan bumped up the price of the EpiPen 400 percent, presidential nominee Hillary Clinton responded with a tirade against drug price hikes, and—much like when Clinton railed against drug pricing last year—biotech indexes promptly plummeted more than 3 percent. —Pfizer wasn’t done after scooping up Medivation.

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Biotech Roundup: Biogen Rumors, Theranos, Electro-Drugs & More

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Then came the rumor mill: Companies may or may not be approaching Biogen about a sale, and Biogen may or may not be fielding offers. startup Orchard Therapeutics, Avrobio is one of the few companies advancing an “ex vivo” gene therapy approach , which involves harvesting a patient’s own stem cells outside the body.

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