Novartis Slashes 2000 Jobs to Cut Costs - Oct. 25, 2011

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011  |   |   |   |  Assay Depot has created the world's largest network of public and private cloud-based Research Exchanges: Life science researchers from 53 countries use our public Research Exchange to find, create and purchase research services and products and to communicate with 5000+ research vendors. Pharmaceutical companies, universities and non-profit organizations use a private Research Exchange to manage and strengthen internal and external research partnerships. Research vendors use public and private Research Exchanges to offer their services and products to the global research community. Researchers - Use our free public marketplace at assaydepot.com. Vendors - Get a free vendor account at http://backoffice.assaydepot.com/. •  Novartis AG (NVS) Slashes 2000 Jobs to Cut Costs More... More Job Industry News •  Karo Bio AB Prepares Spin-off of Preclinical Development More... More New Company News •   Chromatin, Inc. 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Daniel Perez, M.D. as President and Chief Executive Officer More... •   Dr. Gengchen Han Returns to Origin Agritech Limited (SEED) as the CEO and President More... •   Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL) Appoints Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer More... •   Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (VNDA) Appoints Chief Commercial Officer More... More Personnel News •   Anika Therapeutics (ANIK) Announces Date of Third-Quarter 2011 Financial Results Conference Call More... •   Amgen (AMGN)'s Third Quarter 2011 Revenue and Adjusted Earnings Per Share (EPS) Each Increased 3 Percent to $3.9 Billion and $1.40 More... •   Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ANTH) Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Report and Conference Call More... •   Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTIC) (CTI) Reports Third Quarter Financial Results and Milestones More... •   Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (RDY)'s Q2 FY12 Financial Results More... 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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.  • 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. • Pharm Country (Conshohocken, Pennsylvania) Agility Centralized Research Services (ACRS), Inc., a CardioNet Company Research Sales Executive Agility Centralized Research Services (ACRS), Inc., a CardioNet Company, is seeking a Research Sales Executive to assume direct control over the sales effort, marketing, contracting and delivery of new products and services from ACRS, Inc. • BioCaptial (Gaithersburg, Maryland) MedImmune, LLC Director, RSV Marketing The Director, RSV Marketing will report directly to the Vice President, Franchise Head, Pediatric Infectious Disease. He/she will be responsible for market strategy development in support of MedImmune's Synagis (palivizumab) brand. This position will have multi-faceted responsibility with numerous contact points and will require a diverse talented individual who excels in cross-functional marketing collaborations, both internal and external. • Biotech Bay (Menlo Park, California) ForteBio, Inc. 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Job seekers may register here. • BioCapital Beach Career Fair, Bethesda, MD November 1, 2011 • Genetown Career Fair, Cambridge, MA November 7, 2011 More information about BioSpace's Career Fairs BioSpace White Paper Biotech Career Fairs For Job Seekers 101: Control Your Experience By June Salvati, BioSpace Director of Events and Corporate Services Post Your: News | Jobs | Company Profile | Event | Advertising / Sponsorship BioSpace, Inc. 6465 South Greenwood Plaza, Suite 400 Centennial, Colorado 80111 U.S.A. Phone: 877-277-7585 Fax: 800-595-2929 BioSpace, Inc. 90 New Montgomery Street, Suite 414 San Francisco, California 94105 U.S.A. Phone: 877-277-7585 Fax: 415-576-9217 Send questions and comments to the BioSpace News Beat Team. Editor & Publisher: Rosemary Do Editorial & Production Staff: Lana Ho, Maysa Darwish, Tammy Liu, Michelle Wong BioSpace.com - Life. Science. 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