Take a closer look at some of the leading CEOs turning local tech and biotech companies into regional success stories.
When Arlene Harris, who's been in the wireless industry since before most people could imagine a cell phone, was trying to secure funding for a company that designs phones for older people, she was told there was no market for her product.
NuVasive Inc., a San Diego company that develops products for minimally invasive spinal surgery, is moving to a new campus-style facility to accommodate its growing business.
The life science industry has been a primary focus of Prevost Construction since its founding in 1989. Completing tenant improvements in a variety of biotech, pharmaceutical and medical research facilities throughout San Diego County, Prevost Construction has earned a reputation among the life science community for innovative thinking, expert guidance and superior project results.
Last year's surge toward biotechnology was made unmistakably clear by big pharma's emerging interest in biotech established by abundant M&A activity, coupled with record-high placement of venture capital funds into life sciences.
Just over two weeks into the New Year, La Jolla-based embryonic stem cell research company Stemagen shocked the world and became the hot topic of conversation among the scientific community worldwide.
If your GPS device told you to drive off a cliff would you do it?
CHICAGO -- Cutting-edge new research helps answer the puzzling question of why post-traumatic stress doesn't happen to everyone who endures horrible trauma.
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has survived for 157 years by betting big on new technologies, from ruby-colored railroad signals to fiber-optic cable to flat-panel TVs. And now the glass and ceramics manufacturer is making its biggest research bet ever.
This fall, a new set of powerful night-vision goggles will hit the market that use infrared waves to pierce the dark, while sophisticated sensors show the view on a clear, monochrome display.
As pharmaceutical makers find it increasingly difficult to bring new drugs to market, they are turning to genetic tools to seek uses for medicines that failed to make it out of the development pipeline.
The "virtual office" lifestyle is now the norm, with business conducted on laptops and Blackberries, in airports and behind the wheel. Employees are scattered at worksites with customers or at remote locations, and in some case, the need for a physical office space has been all but eliminated.
A new home-based hair follicle drug test kit called HairConfirm can detect drug use as well as usage frequency for up to 90 days, equipping parents with a valuable new tool for combating substance abuse.
Over 500 life-science companies occupy more than 12 million square feet in the San Diego market, about half of which is owner-occupied. The market has experienced some growing pains over the last few years as company mergers and acquisitions have caused considerable space consolidation. Fortunately, the appetite of big pharmaceuticals for biotech company acquisitions is also fueling funding of new venture-capital-based startups, much in the same way that the opening of the IPO market spurs new company investment.
While harmonization of stem cell research policies and patent laws worldwide is desirable, given the cultural and religious differences among the countries, it may not be possible. This is increasingly evident in the field of stem cells, where there is no international consensus with respect to the morality of working with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and where the corresponding policies for patenting vary among the national patent offices worldwide.
After a successful IPO in 2007, San Diego-based Orexigen Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: OREX) raised an additional $76 million in early 2008. Orexigen has two weight loss drugs in advanced clinical trials.
The designers at Aptera get a lot of strange e-mails about the cars they make.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Less than a week after losing in the latest U.S. spectrum auction, Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) has started pitching its plan to use TV "white space" -- unlicensed and unused airwaves -- to provide wireless Internet.
A team of chemists and physicists at the University of California, San Diego has developed a tiny, inexpensive sensor chip capable of detecting trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used in the most common form of homemade explosives.
TorreyPines Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: TPTX) announced Tuesday it has initiated a Phase 2 study as part of its development for a drug to fight a dry mouth disorder.
In today's business climate, most corporate leaders will tell you their primary asset is their employees -- but not all corporate cultures make it a priority to truly cultivate that asset. Indus Technology Inc.'s does.
On its Web site, Technical Logistics Corp. refers to the company by its initials: TLC. In the world of defense-oriented tech services, "tender loving care" isn't a phrase that comes up too often, but TLC's founder and chief executive said that's what sets her company apart.
Hackers are exploiting the Internet in unprecedented numbers. In fact, according to Consumer Sentinel, a complaint database maintained by the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the country, with reports of stolen identity comprising 32 percent of the more than 800,000 fraud complaints filed last year.
When Magda Marquet and her husband Francois Ferre left high-paying biotech jobs in 1998 to co-create their own company, Althea Technologies Inc., their friends called them crazy.
When Raymond Wagenknecht opened his own law practice several years ago, he decided against naming it after himself.
In a nation where a growing number of people seem to cherish the welfare of their household pets just as much as -- if not more than -- their fellow human beings, Vet-Stem CEO Robert "Bob" Harman sees endless potential for his company.
If your GPS device told you to drive off a cliff would you do it?
CHICAGO -- Cutting-edge new research helps answer the puzzling question of why post-traumatic stress doesn't happen to everyone who endures horrible trauma.
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has survived for 157 years by betting big on new technologies, from ruby-colored railroad signals to fiber-optic cable to flat-panel TVs. And now the glass and ceramics manufacturer is making its biggest research bet ever.
This fall, a new set of powerful night-vision goggles will hit the market that use infrared waves to pierce the dark, while sophisticated sensors show the view on a clear, monochrome display.
As pharmaceutical makers find it increasingly difficult to bring new drugs to market, they are turning to genetic tools to seek uses for medicines that failed to make it out of the development pipeline.
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