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| Thursday, September 24th, 2015

St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo building new tower

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news

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 →

| Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Study shows Amgen’s new biosimilar cancer drug safe, effective

Latest news, Technology, Top Stories

Pharmaceuticals Amgen and Allergan announced positive Phase 3 study results of their new drug ABP 215 on Sept. 23. The drug, used to treat lung cancer, is being developed as a biosimilar to Roche Holding AG’s Avastin. ABP 215 showed clinical safety and effectiveness compared to Avastin. “Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer Read More →

| Friday, September 18th, 2015

Amgen cancer drug Kyprolis to get expedited review from FDA

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

An experimental multiple myeloma treatment using Amgen’s Kyprolis will get an expedited review from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said it will use an expedited review process to review a multiple-myeloma treatment using Kyprolis and the genric drug dexamethasone. On July 23, Amgen submitted additional data to the FDA which compared this Read More →

| Friday, September 18th, 2015

Montecito Country Club renovation to begin in October

Latest news, South Coast

Renovation of the Montecito Country Club will begin the first week of October. Construction of the long-anticipated golf course renovation redesign, led by golf icon Jack Nicklaus and his team from Nicklaus Design, is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2017. Nicklaus Design is widely regarded as the world’s leading golf course Read More →

| Thursday, September 17th, 2015

Community West Bank opens loan office in San Luis Obispo

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Latest news

Goleta-based Community West Bank opened a new loan production office in San Luis Obispo, the company announced Sept. 17. The bank snatched up area expertise when it hired Bill Filippin in May as the executive vice president. Filippin previously worked with San Luis Obispo-based Heritage Oaks Bank (and Mission Community Bank until it was merged Read More →

| Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

Amgen buys biotech company, partners with another

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Thousand Oaks-based biopharmaceutical giant Amgen bought a Netherlands-based company and partnered with a Monrovia-based company in an effort to fend off competitors. Amgen announced Sept. 16 that it will buy Dezima, a biotech company focused on developing new treatments for dyslipidemia, a disease where a person has an abnormal amount of lipids in their blood. Read More →

| Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

Goleta-based Sientra to offer 525,000 new shares

Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer Sientra updated documents for its second  public offering on Sept. 14 and it will offer 525,000 new shares. On Sept. 3, Sientra filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a new public offering. At the time, the documents did not list the amount of shares Sientra planned to offer. Read More →