After leaving Goleta, Allergan sold in $66B deal
By Staff Report / Monday, November 17th, 2014 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on After leaving Goleta, Allergan sold in $66B deal
Although company spokespeople did not immediately return requests for comment, it is unlikely the fate of Allergan’s Goleta facility will change.
Spinal fusion kit is latest innovation from ECA Medical
By Erika Martin / Friday, November 14th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Spinal fusion kit is latest innovation from ECA Medical
ECA Medical Instruments, a designer and manufacturer of single-procedure torque-limiting surgical kits and other medical devices, is producing the world’s first single-procedure spinal fusion kit.
UCSB to launch first professional school
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, November 7th, 2014 / Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on UCSB to launch first professional school
With a curriculum that steers clear of heavy emphasis on typical MBA topics like accounting, the Master’s in Technology Management program will focus on the specific leadership and management skills needed by engineers and tech professionals.
Practical prestige: Innovation can be pricey, but pays off
By Erika Martin / Friday, November 7th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Practical prestige: Innovation can be pricey, but pays off
If continuing research can change the amount of energy we expect our consumer electronics to consume as much as Nakamura’s LEDs have changed the way we think of light bulbs, the university will more than recover Munger’s donation money in patent licensing and added prestige.
Hitting a home run at TechPitch
By Erika Martin / Friday, October 31st, 2014 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Hitting a home run at TechPitch
Superior Solutions grabbed judges’ attention with the marketability and built-out business model for its LiftGator, a pick-up truck attachment that eases heavy lifting for which it had already raised $25,000 of its initial $55,000 seed round.
Sientra debuts on Nasdaq
By Staff Report / Wednesday, October 29th, 2014 / Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Sientra debuts on Nasdaq
On a day when the Federal Reserve announced the end to its historical bond buying program, Sientra, the Santa Barbara-based medical aesthetics company, made a bit of history of its own. Sientra became the latest company in the Tri-Counties to list on a major stock exchange Oct. 29, selling 5 million shares of common stock Read More →
Getting a grip on diabetes: Aptitude device gets fast track status for clinical trials
By Erika Martin / Friday, October 24th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Getting a grip on diabetes: Aptitude device gets fast track status for clinical trials
Aptitude creates a special type of molecule called an aptamer, which it is using to develop a first-of-its-kind hand-held device that measures insulin concentrations in real-time and can diagnose pre-diabetes. The government’s interest in furthering such research is unsurprising as diabetes affects more than 9 percent of Americans.