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Goleta’s Sientra lines up new manufacturer for breast implants

By   /  Tuesday, August 9th, 2016  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Goleta’s Sientra lines up new manufacturer for breast implants

Eleven months after manufacturing of its silicone breast implants stopped because it’s Brazilian factory was alleged to have unsafe manufacturing conditions, Sientra announced an agreement with a domestic manufacturer to make its implants Aug. 9. Sientra will use Vesta, a unit of Ohio-based tech conglomerate Lubrizol LifeSciences, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. CEO Jeffrey Read More →

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State budget to fund more UC campus startup incubators

By   /  Friday, July 1st, 2016  /  Columns, Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on State budget to fund more UC campus startup incubators

Startups around the state got a boost with the stroke of Gov. Jerry Brown’s pen June 27 when he signed the state’s $171 billion budget. Included was $22 million earmarked for startup incubators at all 10 UC campuses. Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, proposed the initiative, which will give $2 million every year for three Read More →

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Sientra selling implants again but staff cut as losses mount

By   /  Friday, May 13th, 2016  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Sientra selling implants again but staff cut as losses mount

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Breast implant maker Sientra loses $11.9 million in first quarter

By   /  Thursday, May 5th, 2016  /  Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Breast implant maker Sientra loses $11.9 million in first quarter

Sientra, the Goleta-based breast implant company which resumed sales in March after suspending them last fall, posted a loss of $11.9 million for the first quarter. With its core products back on the market after a months long hiatus, the company said it hopes that resumption of marketing efforts will help it resume its prior Read More →

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Amid losses, Sientra makes an acquisition

By   /  Friday, March 11th, 2016  /  Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Amid losses, Sientra makes an acquisition

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Implant scandal takes toll on Sientra

By   /  Wednesday, March 9th, 2016  /  Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Implant scandal takes toll on Sientra

Months after a scandal erupted over contaminated implants, Sientra released earnings results that showed how much a suspension of sales hurt the company. The Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer released fourth quarter and year-end earnings on March 9. Revenues fell to just $1.5 million, compared to $12.1 million a year ago. Net losses ballooned from $3.2 Read More →

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Founder Hani Zeini resigns from Sientra board of directors

By   /  Friday, February 19th, 2016  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news  /  1 Comment

Sientra Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Nugent sent a letter to plastic surgeons on Feb. 19 announcing that the Goleta breast implant maker’s founder and former CEO Hani Zeini has resigned from Sientra’s board of directors. “We will be forever grateful to Hani for his vision and unwavering dedication to Sientra since its founding. Hani has been incredibly Read More →

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