Inside TE Connectivity’s new lab in Menlo Park, Calif., electrical and mechanical engineers, materials science experts and others collaborate to create some of the least-heralded but most prevalent electronics products on the planet — connectors and sensors. These tiny, low-power devices, at the heart of wearable electronic devices, also are fast becoming part of the fabric in consumer, medical, industrial and defense businesses. The Silicon
This is setting up to be a big year for specialty drugmaker DepoMed. After years of lumpy quarters driven by licensing deals with other drugmakers, DepoMed (DEPO) is coming into its own as an independent commercial pharma. It’s developed or acquired six approved products, most recently the regular and extended-release versions of pain medicine Nucynta, in a deal with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) that closed April 2. Analysts expect 165% profit growth
Aaron Levie is always full of energy, always on the go. Levie left college early to create Box (BOX), an enterprise-class data management and collaboration platform that Levie says is transformative. As Box chairman and chief executive, Levie led the company’s initial public offering on Jan. 23, which raised $175 million. Levie recently spoke with IBD about his company and industry. IBD: In your Q4 earnings conference call with analysts, you said