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Fulgent Still Riding Covid Testing Wave
Just two years ago, Temple City-based Fulgent Genetics Inc. was a small but promising genetic testing company with $32 million in revenue for all of 2019.
RadNet Bringing AI to Imaging Centers
After taking a hit during the initial Covid-19 lockdown, Sawtelle-based RadNet Inc., the nation’s largest operator of stand-alone diagnostic imaging centers, is revolutionizing the industry through its use of artificial intelligence and joint ventures with hospital networks.
TigerConnect Secures $300M Private Equity Investment
The Santa Monica-based health tech communications platform provider received the investment from a New York-based private equity firm.
Senior Health Services Coordination Firm HeyRenee Raises $8M in Pre-Launch Funding
Santa Monica-based digital health startup SixD Inc., which does business as HeyRenee, announced Jan. 13 that it had closed a second round of seed funding, bringing its total amount raised to $8.2 million as it prepares to launch its senior-oriented service next quarter.
Soon-Shiong Pours Another $300M Into ImmunityBio
After a rough inaugural year as a publicly traded company, has ImmunityBio Inc. finally turned the corner?
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Plans $250M Manufacturing Plant in Wisconsin
Pasadena-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. last month announced an investment of up to $250 million for a new drug manufacturing facility outside of California.
Prolacta Bioscience Begins Testing Its Breast Milk-Based Products for Use in Japan
Duarte-based Prolacta Bioscience Inc., which has been fortifying and supplying human breast milk from donors to premature and critically ill infants in hospitals across the United States since 1999, is attempting to go international for the first time.
City of Hope Acquires National Chain of Cancer Treatment Centers
In its largest cancer treatment acquisition to date, City of Hope announced it has agreed to purchase Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Keck Graduate Institute Receives $1M Gift for Medical School Scholarship Fund
The gift will be used to establish a scholarship fund for a master of science in community medicine degree program within the KGI School of Medicine.
ImmunityBio Strikes Deals in Effort to Speed Development of Covid Vaccine
In recent weeks, Culver City-based ImmunityBio Inc. has struck deals with two companies to gain access to technologies to help speed development of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.
Puma Wins 5-Year Extension of Patent on Main Breast Cancer Treatment Drug Nerlynx
Westwood-based Puma Biotechnology Inc. announced Nov. 23 that it has won from U.S. regulators a five-year extension on the patent for its breast cancer therapy Nerlynx.
Son Takes Over From Father as Co-CEO of Apollo Medical Holdings
There’s been a generational leadership change at Alhambra-based Apollo Medical Holdings Inc.
Emanate Health CEO Robert Curry to Retire in 2022
Longtime Emanate Health Chief Executive Robert Curry will retire in April, the West Covina-based hospital system announced Nov. 30.
Arrowhead, Xencor Ink Licensing Deals Potentially Worth $1.5 Billion
Within the space of 24 hours last week, two local pharmaceutical companies inked licensing deals for drugs in development that could reap them up to a combined $1.5 billion if the drugs prove successful.
Health Tech Firm EasyHealth Secures $135M in Funding
The Beverly Hills company plans to use the funding to further develop and market its platform to analyze and improve Medicare patient care outcomes.
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