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Sylmar Firm Sees Future for Bionic Eye
Biotech: Lower costs, improved acuity next hurdles for Second Sight.BIOTECH: The blind may see after a Sylmar company gets FDA approval for its bionic eye. May 13, 2013 midnight $$ Share
Aussie Firm Looking to Get Skin in the Game
Biotech: Avita Medical technology harvests cells for spray-on repairs.
Avita Medical wants to bring a skin regeneration spray to a doctor’s office near you.
ObamaCare’s Tax on Innovation
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Across the country, medical technology innovators large and small are turning to cost-cutting measures to confront stiff market headwinds, including the need to offset a new 2.3 percent tax on revenue in the new Affordable Healthcare Act.
Medical Office Deals Give Shot in Arm to High Desert Market
Leasing and new construction of medical office space is helping to toss off sluggishness in the office and industrial real estate markets in the Antelope Valley.
Chinese Company Seeks Prescription for Success
Pharmaceuticals: Beijing licensing firm opens office in Thousand Oaks.
A company founded to sell U.S. pharmaceuticals and medical supplies in China opened offices in Thousand Oaks last month.
Students Get Nourished by Big Health Care Grant
Health: Insurer donates $660,000 for childhood obesity, exercise program.
Northridge Hospital Medical Center has received a grant for more than $660,000 to fight childhood obesity.
Enemy No. 1
Condom Advocate Draws Scorn, Praise
HEALTH CARE: Michael Weinstein has battled to put condoms on porn sets in Los Angeles County. Now he’s taking the fight statewide.
Simi Valley Hospital Opens Up Catheter Lab
Treatment: Cardiac facility is first in Ventura County’s Simi-Moorpark market.
Simi Valley Hospital has opened a heart catheterization lab, the first such facility for treating heart conditions in the Simi-Moorpark market.
Rethinking Hospital, Doctors Affiliations
There is a growing trend in Southern California of consolidation of hospital groups such as Providence Health & Services and UCLA Health System acquiring doctor’s practices, medical groups, labs and imaging centers.
It’s Back to School For Area Biotechs
Training: Industry to develop Valley College technical classes.
BIOTECH: L.A. Valley College wants to train workers for local employers.
Hospital, Doctor Affiliations Getting Second Opinion
Health Care: Federal reform spurs hospitals to build doctor networks.
Health Care: New federal rules encourage doctors and hospitals to work together. Is a state law keeping them apart?
Donations Speed Up at Diabetes Foundation
Events: Exotic cars race to raise money for juvenile health charity.
In one minute and 33 seconds, the Ferrari Enzo made it all the way around the 2.5-mile track.
Telemedicine Program Brings Third World Online
Technology: Grossman foundation treats burn victims in rural Indonesia.
Grossman Burn Foundation in Calabasas has launched a pilot telemedicine program to explore how Internet video technology can help burn victims around the world.
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