Cancer foundation launches fund, enlists Amgen
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, April 17th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Nonprofits, Top Stories / Comments Off on Cancer foundation launches fund, enlists Amgen
The roots of the Kids’ Cancer Research Foundation in San Luis Obispo go back more than a decade ago to a diagnosis that changed the life of Frank Kalman, the organization’s founder.
New funding models will test South Coast housing market
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, April 17th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on New funding models will test South Coast housing market
Even though it took nearly a decade to complete, Cottage Health System’s Bella Riviera still one of the few examples of employer-developed housing on the South Coast. And it’s a model that’s helped clear a path for others trying to fill a gap in one of the nation’s least affordable housing markets.
FDA approves Amgen heart drug
By Staff Report / Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on FDA approves Amgen heart drug
The drug is the first chronic heart failure medication approved by the FDA in nearly a decade.
Cottage looks to sell surgery center, Sansum merger delayed six months
By Staff Report / Monday, April 13th, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Cottage looks to sell surgery center, Sansum merger delayed six months
The possible sale is an effort to smooth out any wrinkles with the Federal Trade Commission over the proposed merger with Sansum Clinic.
Amgen alum speeds toward OK for chin drug
By Erika Martin / Friday, April 10th, 2015 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen alum speeds toward OK for chin drug
Known as ATX-101, the facial injection for the treatment of double chins has been recommended for approval by an FDA advisory committee.
As access to health care spreads, costs need reining in
By Erika Martin / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on As access to health care spreads, costs need reining in
Leaders in Santa Barbara’s health care community gathered for Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care’s second-annual PHorum at the Fess Parker last Thursday evening to discuss the state of health services in the region.
Dubroff: One doctor’s take on the state of Obamacare in 2015
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Columns, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: One doctor’s take on the state of Obamacare in 2015
Sansum Clinic CEO and Medical Director Dr. Kurt Ransohoff shares notes from inside the a White House conference on Affordable Care Act issues.
