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People on the move: jobs in pharma

06-Feb-2012 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its round-up of the latest appointments in the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Prosonix, Savient and Dendreon.

AstraZeneca to cut 1,350 ‘operations support’ jobs

02-Feb-2012 - AstraZeneca will cut 1,350 operations jobs in the next few years as part of wide ranging restructuring move.

People on the move

31-Jan-2012 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its weekly round-up of the latest changes on the pharmaceutical career ladder, including news from Sirona, Hospira, and Biogen Idec.

Danone and Mead Johnson to make united Pfizer nutrition bid?

27-Jan-2012 - Danone and Mead Johnson may make a joint bid for the €8bn infant nutrition-dominated Pfizer nutrition business that is up for sale, according to press reports.

Simplifying taxes would encourage Pharma manufacturing in France, says govt advisory board

26-Jan-2012 - Simplification of French tax laws would incentivise Pharmas to manufacture drugs in the country according to a government advisory body.

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People on the move: jobs in pharma

24-Jan-2012 - in-PharmaTechnololist presents its weekly round-up of the latest appointments within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Prosonix, GENO, and BioCryst.

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Takeda will cut 2,800 jobs to integrate Nycomed

18-Jan-2012 - Takeda has announced it will cut 2,800 jobs by 2015 as part of its integration of Nycomed.

People on the move: jobs in pharma

17-Jan-2012 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its weekly round-up of the latest career moves within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Algeta, Pall and Octapharma.

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GSK switches MENA HQ from Dubai to Turkey

17-Jan-2012 - Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has moved its offices in charge of the Middle East and North African (MENA) market to Istanbul, Turkey.

Novartis to cut US jobs on Rasilez Ph III failure and Diovan patent loss

16-Jan-2012 - Swiss drug major Novartis has announced plans to cut US jobs and predicts a challenging couple of years for its pharma division.

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Sanofi to make $170m cuts in operational costs

11-Jan-2012 - Sanofi announced it will cut $170m of its operational costs this year as it plans to ramp-up acquisitions spending to $2.6bn.

People on the move: pharma jobs

11-Jan-2012 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its weekly round-up of the latest new faces at pharmas and biotechs, including news from Dicerna, Auxilium and Essentialis.

Xoma cuts manufacturing costs to ramp-up R&D

10-Jan-2012 - Xoma will further reduce its manufacturing capacity with plans to cut a third of its workforce.

Research needed on drug residues in water says Recipharm award winner

09-Jan-2012 - Further analysis is needed to assess the risk posed by low level pharmaceutical contamination of water supplies says the winner of Recipharm’s 2011 environmental award.

British Empire gong for GSK’s Witty

04-Jan-2012 - GSK CEO Andrew Witty has been knighted in the Queen's New Year Honours list in recognition of his services to the UK economy and pharmaceutical industry.

FDA group calls for industry to submit draft guidance docs

04-Jan-2012 - The FDA should encourage industry to submit draft guidance to speed regulatory development, an agency working group found.

People on the move: pharma jobs

03-Jan-2012 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its first weekly round-up of the new appointments in the industry of 2012, including news from Teva, Forma Therapeutics and Celgene.

News in brief

Happy holidays from in-Pharmatechnologist.com

23-Dec-2011 - In-Pharmatechnologist.com would like to wish all our readers a happy holiday

Amgen and Watson team on biosimilars but agree to spare Amgen's drugs

22-Dec-2011 - Amgen has partnered with non-branded drugmaker Watson to develop biosimilar cancer drugs in a deal that goes some way towards protecting its own portfolio from generic competition.

DSM signs MoU with AIBN on biologics commercialisation

20-Dec-2011 - DSM Biologics will work with the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) on the commercialisation of development-stage biologics projects.

People on the move; jobs in Pharma

19-Dec-2011 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its weekly round-up of the latest appointments within the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Vertex, Pfizer and Prolong.

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Chairman's departure not due to investor pressure says Hospira

13-Dec-2011 - Hospira says Chairman Christopher Begley’s impending retirement is unrelated to quality problems at manufacturing plant or recent investor criticism.

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AZ buys Chinese generics manufacturer

12-Dec-2011 - UK drug maker AstraZeneca has bought Chinese non-branded drugmaker Guangdong BeiKang Pharma.

People on the move: jobs in pharma

12-Dec-2011 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its weekly round-up of the latest movers and shakers in the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Inviragen, Auxilium, and Icon Biosciences.

PhRMA backs FDA plans for biosimilar fees discussion

07-Dec-2011 - US drug industry group PhRMA has backed FDA plans to discuss fees for biosimilars with pharmaceutical manufacturers.

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