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FDA approves Amgen heart drug

By   /  Wednesday, April 15th, 2015  /  Central Coast Health Watch, 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.

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Cottage looks to sell surgery center, Sansum merger delayed six months

By   /  Monday, April 13th, 2015  /  Central Coast Health Watch, 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.

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Amgen alum speeds toward OK for chin drug

By   /  Friday, April 10th, 2015  /  Central Coast Health Watch, East Ventura County, 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.

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As access to health care spreads, costs need reining in

By   /  Friday, April 3rd, 2015  /  Central Coast Health Watch, 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.

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Dubroff: One doctor’s take on the state of Obamacare in 2015

By   /  Friday, April 3rd, 2015  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Columns, 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.

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Amgen touts positive results with new heart health drug

By   /  Friday, March 20th, 2015  /  Central Coast Health Watch, East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amgen touts positive results with new heart health drug

If approved, it will be the Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant’s first new drug on the market since the FDA’s landmark approval of the first-ever biosimilar drug on the American market.

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Obamacare pushes Goleta firm to roll out new software

By   /  Friday, March 6th, 2015  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Obamacare pushes Goleta firm to roll out new software

With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ready to financially penalize facilities that fail to mitigate excess hospital readmission, InTouch Health’s clients began clamoring for solutions to expand care beyond hospital walls.

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