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Amgen's Kevin Sharer Joins Healthcare Venture Capital Firm

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Is Amgen the next source of the healthcare industry's venture capital deals? It might be, on news that Kevin Sharer , the former CEO of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , has joined venture capital investment firm Foundation Medical Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Amgen Ventures Backs Akili In $55M Funding

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Amgen Ventures , the venture capital arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , is one of the investors in a Boston biotech company, Akili Interactive.

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Dantari Gets $47M For Tumor Medicine Effort

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Thousand Oaks-based Dantari has raised $47M in its Series A funding, saying that it has launched a new, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancers and other diseases.

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Xirrus Raises $10M More

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Thousand Oaks-based wireless hardware provider Xirrus has raised yet another $10M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the company Monday. The company''s investors include August Capital, Canaan Partners, InterWest, QuestMark Partners, and U.S. Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Amgen Co-Founder Bowes Passes Away

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the founding shareholder and chairman and treasurer of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , has died, at the age of 90. Bowes--who also founded venture capital firm USVP --died peacefully in his home on December 28th. Bowes, Jr. , Amgen said that "without Bowes, there would be no Amgen".

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Atara Biotherapeutics Gets $38.5M

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Thousand Oaks-based biopharmaceuticals startup Atara Biotherapeutics announced this morning that it has raised $38.5M The funding came from Amgen Ventures, Celgene Corporation, EcoR1 Capital, plus Alexandria Venture Investments, DAG Ventures, Domain Associates, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

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Amgen Backs Tizona Therapeutics In $43M Funding

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Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has made another investment this morning in immunology startup Tizona Therapeutics , via its venture capital arm, Amgen Ventures. Series A investors--including Amgen Ventures--also participated, with investments from MPM Capital, Astellas Venture Management and InterWest Partners.