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Agilent Technologies announces dividend, new chairman

By   /  Thursday, March 16th, 2017  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Agilent Technologies announces dividend, new chairman

Agilent Technologies announced March 15 that stockholders of record April 4 would receive a quarterly dividend. The life sciences company with offices in Camarillo will pay 13.2 cents per share of common stock on April 26. The company also announced the election of a new chairman of its board of directors. Koh Boon Hwee, a Read More →

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Breast implant maker Sientra narrows fourth quarter losses

By   /  Tuesday, March 14th, 2017  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Breast implant maker Sientra narrows fourth quarter losses

Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer Sientra reduced its net losses for the fourth quarter of 2016 to $8.1 million, compared to $28.3 million for the same period the year prior. The company also reported $6.5 million in net sales for the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to $1.5 million for the same period in 2015. “The Read More →

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Oppenheimers give $5.5 million to French Hospital Medical Center

By   /  Tuesday, March 14th, 2017  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news  /  Comments Off on Oppenheimers give $5.5 million to French Hospital Medical Center

Story updated at 12:20 p.m. March 14: French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo has received a $5.5 million donation from Peter Oppenheimer, former chief financial officer of Apple, and his wife Mary Beth. The largest gift in the history of the hospital will be used to expand and modernize emergency services. “Built in Read More →

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Gene technology raises ethical questions

By   /  Friday, March 10th, 2017  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Gene technology raises ethical questions

By Frank Kalman A relatively obscure talk about genes was given at UC Santa Barbara recently by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, a researcher and clinical oncologist at Columbia University and author of a Pulitzer Prize winning book, the “Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.” It was, however, on par in terms of gravity with Read More →

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Amgen declares $1.15 per share dividend

By   /  Tuesday, March 7th, 2017  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on Amgen declares $1.15 per share dividend

The board of directors for Thousand Oaks biotechnology company Amgen declared a $1.15 per share dividend March 3 for the second quarter of 2017. The dividend will be paid on June 8 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 17. The company has a market cap of $130.1 billion Read More →

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Inogen reports huge increase in net income

By   /  Tuesday, February 28th, 2017  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Inogen reports huge increase in net income

Inogen, a maker of portable oxygen concentrators based in Goleta, announced a 77 percent increase in net income Feb. 28 on fourth quarter revenues of $50.9 million. Sales revenues grew 47.2 percent over the same quarter in 2015, to $42.6 million. Net income for the quarter was $5.3 million, bringing the company up to $20.5 Read More →

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Genentech sues Amgen over biosimilar drug info

By   /  Monday, February 20th, 2017  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on Genentech sues Amgen over biosimilar drug info

Roch AG subsidiary Genentech filed a lawsuit against Amgen claiming the Thousand Oaks-based company obstructed its investigation of whether the biosimilar Amgen is developing for Genentech’s cancer treatment Avastin violates the company’s patents, according to reports Feb. 20. Sales for Avastin, a treatment for lung, colon, ovarian and other types of cancer, reached $6.8 billion Read More →

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