Dubroff: Building South Sudan health care from the ground up
Before he embarked on a quest to rebuild the health care system in South Sudan, Ken Waxman of Santa Barbara built a career any physician would be proud of. One of the top trauma surgeons in Southern California, he was the head of emergency surgery at Cottage Hospital and later advised the Ventura County Read More →
Tri-Counties has new appeal for biotech startups
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Settlement ends Amgen drug kickback saga
A drug kickback program is finally behind Amgen, the Thousand Oaks-based pharmaceutical giant. Louisville, K.Y.-based PharMerica was the last of three companies to settle lawsuits relating to Amgen allegedly paying kickbacks to PharMerica and another company to prescribe patients the anemia drug Aranesp. PharMerica settled the suit for $2.5 million in December, Louisville Business First Read More →
Sientra faces disclosure lawsuits
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Amgen increases dividend to $1 per share
Amgen increased its yearly dividend 27 percent this year to $1 per share. Previously, the dividend had been 79 cents per share for the Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant. Shares jumped after news of the 27-cent dividend broke. The announcement was made just after the markets closed at 1:11 p.m. Amgen closed the trading day up Read More →
Amgen reacquires rights to sell 3 drugs worldwide
Amgen reacquired all rights to sell three drugs worldwide on Dec. 14. The Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant said it reacquired the rights to Prolia, Vectibix and Xgeva in 48 ccountries from British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. The agreement includes large countries like Australia, China and Brazil. Prolia is designed to raise bone density in people with Read More →
Camarillo hospital getting $80 million upgrade
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