Biotech’s movers and shakers gather for BioMedley
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Scenes from the reopening: lottery winners, maskless customers
The doors of the region’s businesses were fully open on June 15 for the first time in 15 months — and two Central Coast residents became millionaires — as California lifted nearly all of its COVID-19 restrictions. The state appears to have the upper hand on the virus, with new cases down to around 1,000 Read More →
Sientra closes sale of miraDry at $10M loss
Sientra, a Goleta-based plastic surgery device company specializing in breast implants, announced June 11 that it had closed the sale of miraDry, a non-surgical dermatological treatment. The $10 million sale brought half of what Sientra paid for the business four years ago. The miraDry system is an FDA-approved treatment to reduce underarm sweat, hair and Read More →
Amgen’s new drug could be a blockbuster
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Our View: We’ll all be winners if a lottery ups vaccine rates
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Amgen reaches billion-dollar licensing deal with Japanese firm
Amgen announced an agreement June 1 with Kyowa Kirin, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, to jointly develop and commercialize a human monoclonal antibody that Kyowa Kirin is developing to treat atopic dermatitis and other autoimmune diseases. The deal could be worth $1.25 billion or more. Amgen will led the development, manufacturing and commercialization for the treatment, Read More →
Amgen gets FDA approval for potential billion-dollar drug
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on May 28 for its latest oral drug treatment, Lumakras, potentially adding another huge market for one of the largest biotech firms in the world. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amgen will charge $17,900 a month for the drug and analyst think Read More →
