MannKind hires financial adviser after boosting cash on hand
MannKind, a Southern California biotechnology company heading to Westlake Village, hired Greenhill & Co. as a financial and strategic adviser June 28, after requesting the last of its line of credit through a loan from the Mann Group. The company will draw on the remaining $30.1 million of funding, using $10.6 million to capitalize unpaid Read More →
Activist investor demands sale or merger of Deckers Brands
Story updated at 2:20 p.m.: A second activist investor penned an open letter to Deckers Brands on June 27, demanding the sale of the company or changes to the board of directors as a result of declining share values. Marcato stated in the letter that it owns 6 percent of the Goleta footwear company’s outstanding Read More →
MannKind moving to former Kythera space in Westlake Village
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Arts play leading role in tri-county economies
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Amgen asks FDA to consider new uses for Xgeva
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen announced June 19 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted a supplemental application for Xgeva (denosumab) that seeks to expand the currently approved indication for the prevention of fractures and other skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastases from solid tumors to include patients with multiple myeloma. “Multiple Read More →
SLO software provider MindBody hires new president
Wellness industry software provider MindBody, based in San Luis Obispo, has hired Mike Mansbach to be president of the company. Prior to the appointment, Mansbach served as president of cloud-based video and communications company Blue Jeans Network, based in Mountain View, and he spent 10 years in executive roles at regional employer Citrix Systems. Under Read More →
Report finds nonprofit arts, culture vital to Central Coast economies
Americans for the Arts released a study on June 17 that demonstrates how support of regional nonprofit arts and cultural institutions is critical to regional economies. The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit took a look at 341 communities nationwide, including Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, to measure the economic footprint of the arts in fiscal Read More →
