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Braves the Public Market, Files for $50 Million IPO More... •  GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to Pay $3 Billion to Settle U.S. Government Probes More... •  Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Wins FDA Panel OK for Vytorin in Some Kidney Patients More... •  Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Says About 50 Deaths Related to Pradaxa More... •  New Study Contradicts FDA, Says Pfizer Inc. (PFE)'s Chantix Raises Suicide Risks More... •  GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Pfizer Inc. (PFE) HIV Venture Plans Russian Manufacturing More... •  Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) Rejects China M&A; Plans Growth Through Innovation More... More Top News Download PPD's new white paper, Drug-Induced Liver Injury, to gain an understanding of DILI and how to recognize it early during drug development. These regulatory actions include: • Failure to obtain approval for marketing • Restrictions on how and to whom the drug may be prescribed • Removal from the market Download the white paper to gain insight on drug-induced liver injury and how to identify it early in your clinical trials.. •  Clearing Away Old Cells Delays Aging in Mice, Mayo Clinic Study More... •  Vitamin D: No Cure-All for Older Women, Brown University Study More... •  Suicide Switch May Pave Way for Safer Cancer Treatment, Baylor College of Medicine Study More... •  Progeria May Be Treated by Drug, Durham University Study More... •  Addicts May Have Glitch in Frontal Brain, University of California, Berkeley (CAL) Study More... •  Continuous Use of Nitroglycerin Increases Severity of Heart Attacks, Stanford University School of Medicine Study More... •  Modified Yeast Boosts Vitamin A in Bread, Johns Hopkins University Study More... •  Fruit Fly Intestine May Help Put Breaks on Aging, Salk Institute for Biological Studies and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Study More...   More Featured News 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. 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Director, Manufacturing Technical Support / Process Development Seeking a highly qualified individual who will be responsible for overseeing the transfer and implementation of process development modifications and improvements into commercial manufacturing operations. This hands-on position will include designing and executing specific studies to evaluate process modifications, optimization and validation of manufacturing processes, training of manufacturing operators, and review of impact of process changes on product quality and yields. • BioForest (Bainbridge Island, Washington) Emerald BioSystems Technical Support Representative The Technical Support Rep. handles customer sales and support activities for technical instrumentation; the position can be located in the Seattle or Boston areas. Key responsibilities include: installation, maintenance and technical support of instrumentation. • Biotech Bay (San Francisco, California) Medivation, Inc. Director, Clinical Quality Assurance Provides oversight of clinical research and development activities to ensure that these are conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, guidelines, laws and Medivations established standards and practices. This position will be the lead and subject matter expert on FDA GCP regulations, guidance documents and ICH GCP. • BioMidwest (Schaumburg, Illinois) APP Pharmaceuticals Sr. Quality Assurance Auditor Responsible for scheduling and leading domestic and international Corporate Compliance Audits, including internal audits of APP facilities and external audits of APP suppliers in accordance with APP policies and procedures. • Rocky Bio (Lakewood, Colorado) DaVita Clinical Research Medical Director Managing a team of Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants and MD's, our Medical Director will play an integral role in defining our success. This highly visible position will be responsible for working collaboratively with a talented and experienced team to grow and develop this unit from both a medical and operational perspective. Get Noticed! Add your resume to the BioSpace Career Center! See more than 5,000 job postings in the BioSpace Career Center! Genetown Career Fair Job seekers can spend a day with HR representatives and Hiring Managers from top biotech, pharma, medical device and diagnostics companies in the Northeast region. Candidates with a 4-year degree in the life sciences and a minimum of 2-years of industry related experience are invited to attend. (Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of a four-year college degree. PhD and Postdoc candidates welcome.) Exhibiting companies are recruiting for positions in areas such as: QA/QC, clinical research, engineering, manufacturing, biostatistics, clinical data management, chemistry, regulatory affairs, and research. Job seekers may register here. • 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 Nektar Therapeutics 490 Discovery Drive Huntsville, Alabama 35806 U.S.A. Phone: 256-533-4201 Fax: 256-533-4805 Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on its proprietary polymer conjugation technology platform. Nektar has a robust R&D pipeline of potentially high-value therapeutics in oncology, pain and other areas. 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