Doctor from SLO County will join Team USA in Tokyo
A Central Coast doctor will be on hand to assist athletes when the Olympic games start in Tokyo. Dignity Health orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jonathon Fow is heading to Japan later this month as a Team USA physician at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, which begin July 23. Fow is a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, and Read More →
Camarillo hospital puts ‘Camarillo’ in its name
St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital has changed its name to St. John’s Hospital Camarillo, the hospital’s nonprofit parent, Dignity Health, announced July 6. Dignity said the hospital is changing its name to “better identify the hospital with the community it serves.” Hospital leaders don’t expect the name change to impact hospital operations or patient care. Read More →
Arcutis ends phase 2 trials on potential skin treatment
Shares of Westlake Village-based Arcutis Biotherapeutics dropped by as much as 5% during the trading day July 1, after the biotech company terminated phase 2 trials for a potential treatment. Arcutis, a biotech company focused on creating dermatology treatments, has announced July that it had terminated phase 2a and 2b trials for evaluating ARQ-252, a Read More →
UCLA Health continues northward march
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Biotech’s movers and shakers gather for BioMedley
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Scenes from the reopening: lottery winners, maskless customers
The doors of the region’s businesses were fully open on June 15 for the first time in 15 months — and two Central Coast residents became millionaires — as California lifted nearly all of its COVID-19 restrictions. The state appears to have the upper hand on the virus, with new cases down to around 1,000 Read More →
Sientra closes sale of miraDry at $10M loss
Sientra, a Goleta-based plastic surgery device company specializing in breast implants, announced June 11 that it had closed the sale of miraDry, a non-surgical dermatological treatment. The $10 million sale brought half of what Sientra paid for the business four years ago. The miraDry system is an FDA-approved treatment to reduce underarm sweat, hair and Read More →
