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CA law lets tweens make HPV vaccination decisions
Earlier this week Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA) signed a new law that allows kids 12 and older to receive an HPV vaccine without the consent of their parents. The bill also allows minors to receive STD
Bayer, union at odds over outsourcing promised jobs
The union representing some 500 Bayer employees in California is playing hardball with the German drugmaker. Union officials are suggesting the workers may cancel the three-year-old agreement between
Genentech unloads buildings to Gilead
Genentech is selling off a small piece of its Oceanside, CA, campus to Gilead Sciences. The deal involves two buildings and 55 employees, all of whom will keep their jobs, the San Diego Union-Tribune
Cal/OSHA fines Baxter for plant safety violations
Baxter Healthcare has found itself on the wrong side of California workplace regulators. The state's Department of Industrial Relations (aka Cal/OSHA) fined the drugmaker $371,000 after investigating
Court lifts restrictions on Lilly diabetes reps
Round one in the Eli Lilly-Amylin Pharmaceuticals dispute may have gone to Amylin, but Lilly has prevailed in round two. A federal court in California canceled a temporary restraining order
California joins kickbacks suit against BMS
California has joined in on a whistleblower case against Bristol-Myers Squibb, unsealing allegations that the drugmaker bribed doctors to prescribe its drugs. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
Biotech clusters defend their turf as challenges mount
While most economic development groups in the country envy the big biotech clusters that have grown up in Boston, San Francisco and San Diego, industry advocates in those areas are quick to point out
In CA, good bioproduction news balances bad
California bioproduction is expanding, showing the potential for manufacturing ramp-ups in recession-hit areas. More CEOs surveyed in the BayBio Report expect to increase manufacturing in-state as
CA stem cell agency counts rewards from $1.1B bonanza
What does $1.1 billion in grant money buy you these days? According to California's stem cell agency, the answer is 2,739 new jobs a year. And most of those new jobs are tightly concentrated among
Justices take pharma's part in pricing case
Supreme Court justices seemed to lean toward pharma's position in arguments over a California county's right to sue drugmakers to get promised discounts. Santa Clara County maintains it should be
