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By Philip Joens / Friday, October 9th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Sientra CEO sends letter to surgeons saying implants are safe
Sientra CEO Hani Zeini sent another letter to plastic surgeons to reassure them that its products are safe. Sientra, a Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer, saw shares drop sharply over the past few months from a high of $23.75 on July 23. In recent weeks the stock fell from $20.58 on Sept. 23 to a close Read More →
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By Marissa Nall / Friday, October 9th, 2015 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Thousand Oaks company gives paraplegics mobility
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By Philip Joens / Friday, October 2nd, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on U.K. crackdown sinks Sientra stock price
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By Staff Report / Monday, September 28th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital finds buyer for outpatient surgery center
Cottage Health Systems and Sansum Clinic moved a step closer to their proposed merger as Cottage found a potential buyer for its Santa Barbara Outpatient Surgery Center, Cottage announced Sept. 28. Cottage tasked New York-based investment banking firm Cain Brothers & Co. to find a possible suitor and they came up with United Surgical Partners International, a Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 25th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on European regulators have good news for Amgen on cancer drugs
One of the world’s most expensive cancer drugs got conditional approval from European regulators on Sept. 25. Europeans granted Thousand Oaks-based Amgen conditional approval of its rare blood cancer drug Blincyto and gave a positive evaluation of Amgen’s multiple-myeloma drug Kyprolis. Blincyto is an immunotherapy that is designed to treat a rare form of leukemia Read More →
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By Philip Joens / Friday, September 25th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Stockholders sue Goleta-based Sientra after shares slide
Sientra’s shares nosedived more than 52 percent on Sept. 24 and several law firms around the country announced on Sept. 25 investigations into possible violations of federal securities laws. On Sept. 23, the Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer sold 3 million new shares in a public offering. The offering raised $66 million for the company before Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, September 24th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news / Comments Off on St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo building new tower
St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24 for a three-story, 75,000-square-foot tower. The $80 million addition, which will be attached to the emergency department, will occupy the plot of land where the old emergency department parking lot now sits. The first floor of the new Read More →