Glaxo Eyes 1,000 New Jobs - Oct. 31, 2011

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Monday, October 31, 2011  |   |   |   |  Online Lab Auction: November 2 - 3 at 10AM EST The Branford Group will auction assets of a major New England analytical and testing laboratory, Groundwater Analytical. Featured laboratory equipment includes numerous Agilent MSD & GC Units, precision lab instruments, evaporation system, microscopes, lab ovens, stainless steel coolers, glassware, and much more. Equipment is located in Buzzard's Bay, MA. VisitThe Branford Group's website. Register and Bid Online! •  GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Eyes 1,000 New Jobs More... •  TAKE Solutions, Inc. to Hire 400 People Over Next Six Months More... More Job Industry News •   XYTOS (XYTS) Receives Funding Commitment More... More Finance News Bioscience Technology This magazine provides information to life science/biotech researchers searching for technology, tools and techniques to conduct better, more cost-efficient and effective research. 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More Construction News   Property for Sale 20 Konrad Crescent Markham, Ontario Canada • Total Area: 21,710 square feet • Asking Sale Price: $4,200,000 • Available: Immediate More Real Estate Listings Hot Company SGS Life Science Services 201 Route 17 North Rutherford, New Jersey 07070 U.S.A. Phone: 201-508-3000 SGS Life Science Services is a leading contract service organization providing clinical research, analytical development, biologics characterization, and quality control testing. SGS serves various life science companies, including pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical-device manufacturers. More Company Profiles Acceleration 2011: Nutter Early Stage Life Sciences Conference Thursday, November 17, 2011 Nutter Conference Center, Seaport West 155 Seaport Boulevard, 5th Floor Boston, Massachusetts This free event is by invitation only. To request an invitation, please visit: www.acceleration.nutter.com/2011. An outstanding line-up of speakers is being assembled for this conference including representatives of Atlas Venture, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Novartis, Smith and Nephew, Longwood Founders Fund, and Pfizer. Two panel discussions will examine issues and trends in early-stage development among life science companies. Panel I will seek to answer the question "How Lean is Too Lean?" and will consider some of the pitfalls and challenges faced by development stage life science companies as they execute on a lean business model from raw technology through the clinical and operational phases of development and finally to commercial launch. Panel II asks "Are Big Pharma and Big Device the New Development Accelerators?" and will examine how large companies are deploying new external investment and development models to optimize their "buy" and "build" pipelines. The program will be followed by cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and networking To request an invitation, please visit www.acceleration.nutter.com/2011.  • Rocky Bio (Longmont, Colorado) MicroPhage, Inc. Territory Sales Manager Responsible for achieving sales goals through a coordinated effort with a distribution network in their assigned territory. Educates, trains and leads distributor sales managers and representatives to effectively launch and rapidly penetrate the market. Along with distributor partners, initiates and leads the integrated health system sales process including demand development, evaluation, and decision-making process. • Genetown (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Pfizer, Inc. Manager, Business Innovations and Strategy The primary focus of the role is to develop a strategic understanding of the commercial environment to inform the research and clinical strategy in order to ensure full alignment between the research and business unit organizations. • Biotech Bay (San Francisco, California) Life Technologies Lead Market Development Manager/Clinical Market Development Leader Responsible for clinical market development within the Ion Torrent Business Unit at Life Technologies. S/he will be responsible for global market management of multiple products. S/he will be responsible for writing strategic marketing plans for his/her areas of responsibility, and accountable for contributing to the comprehensive business unit marketing plan to help achieve fiscal sales, marketing, and revenue goals globally. • BioMidwest (Deerfield, Illinois) Astellas Pharma US Consumer Marketing Director Maintains open communication with Marketing Leadership, as well as branded marketing teams; has dynamic understanding of current marketing initiatives. Identifies trends in Consumer marketing and establishes APUS Consumer strategic plan; avoids recommendations of "fad" marketing. • Biotech Beach (San Diego, California) Volcano Corporation Peripheral Market Development Manager Responsible for expanding IVUS applications in the peripheral arterial disease market. Creating and optimizing opportunities through strategic planning and managing execution of plans. This is a "downstream" marketing role. • Get Noticed! 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