Astra Looks to Shake Up R&D - Sept. 7, 2011

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Wednesday, September 07, 2011  |   |   |   |  Webcast Auction Sept. 14, 2011 Quebec, Canada Genizon BioSciences Biotech Equipment: • (8) Robotic Liquid Handlers • Fast Real-Time PCR System • Microplate Readers & Sealers • (24) Scientific Freezers • Centrifuges • Incubators • Ovens • And Much More... For complete equipment listing & photos, pleaseclick here OR call 818-884-3737. •   AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) Looks to Shake Up R&D More... More Industry News •   Orphazyme Raises $19.6 Million in a Series A Financing Round More... More Startup News •   Royalty Pharma Raises $3.6 Billion to Refinance $2.75 Billion of Outstanding Debt and to Fund an $850 Million Cash Distribution to Shareholders More... More Finance News Nature Methods Nature Methods provides techniques for life scientists and chemists. It is a print and online publication dedicated to publishing novel methods together with significant advances to tried and tested techniques allowing researchers to perform faster, better and more efficient experimental research. Request Now! •   f-Star, Merck Serono Sign $708 Million Deal for Antibody-Derived Therapeutics More... •   GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Gets $94 Million Contract for Antibiotic More... •   Labcyte Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) Collaborate to Provide siRNA Libraries in Acoustically Compatible Format More... •   Pharsight Corporation (PHST) to Work with Critical Path Institute's Polycystic Kidney Disease Consortium on Disease Progression Modeling More... •   Access Pharmaceuticals (ACCP) and CuraScript Team Up to Further Expand MuGard Market Access and Distribution More... More Alliances News •   ICON Announces Peter Gray to Retire As CEO More... •   iPierian Inc. Appoints Nancy Stagliano as CEO; Peter Van Vlasselaer, Interim CEO, Becomes Executive Chairman of the Board More... •   John Sperzel Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of ITC Nexus Dx More... •   Lourie Zak, Former Amgen (AMGN) Finance Executive, Joins PBS Biotech, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer More... •   Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. Appoints Kenneth McBean New President More... More Personnel News •   BIOQUAL Presents Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2011 and Declares Dividend More... •   Hi-Tech Pharmacal (HITK) Reports Sales of $56.2 Million and EPS of $1.05 for the First Quarter Ended July 31, 2011 More... •   Simulations Plus (SLP) Reports Preliminary Revenues for Fourth Fiscal Quarter and FY2011 More... More Earnings Report News •   Former Employees Sue Merck Sharp & Dohme (MRK) for Not Paying Employment Wages More... •   Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Failed to Warn About Drug's Tendon Risks, Lawyer Says More... •   Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) Statement on ZANAFLEX CAPSULES(R) Patent Litigation More... More Legal News •   NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Opens New Headquarters --Begins Development of New Drug Delivery Platform for Cancer More... •   Medpace, Inc. Strengthens European Leadership and Widens Presence in Europe, Opening Two New Offices in Scotland and Italy More... More Construction News   FOR SALE/LEASE! Biologics Manufacturing Facility 6000 Royalmount Montreal, Quebec Canada • 66,000 SF (6,130 M2) 2-story manufacturing lab building. • Fully equipped laboratory. • Complete segregation of microbial and mammalian processing areas. More Real Estate Listings Hot Company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 300 Third Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 U.S.A. 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This conference is where challenges are explored, solutions are uncovered and opportunities are developed, making it the largest and most highly respected event solely dedicated to biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Register here today or call 800-390-4078.   • Southern Pharm (Louisiana East, Louisiana) MedImmune, LLC Biotech Sales Specialist Responsible for the promotion of MedImmune Inc. products and achievement of assigned sales goals. The Biotech Sales Specialist (BSS) is expected to serve as the community based sales specialist providing clinical/scientific/managed care expertise for all assigned MedImmune, Inc. promoted products. • Genetown (Weston, Massachusetts) Biogen Idec Associate Director, Marketing (Hemophilia) Lead in the development of a global marketing strategy for the recombinant long-acting Factor IX (rFIXFc) or Factor VIII (rFVIIIFc) programs in clinical development with special focus on the US market. • Pharm Country (Madison, New Jersey) Pfizer Inc. 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