Merck KGaA CEO: We Must Cut Jobs, Reduce Costs - Apr. 20, 2012

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Friday, April 20, 2012  |   |   |   |  Lab & Analytical Equipment: Surplus to Ongoing Operations of Alexza Pharmaceuticals! Please click here for more information. •  Merck KGaA (MKGAF.PK) CEO: We Must Cut Jobs, Reduce Costs More... More Job Industry News Building Novel Applications with Pipeline Pilot to Drive Next Generation Sequencing This case study shows how scientists are streamlining the process of analyses of DNA sequence information. Enabled by new DNA sequencing technologies, many more scientists and informaticians are interrogating larger and more complex data set. Request Now! •   Aspen Pharmacare Ltd. Buys GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) OTC Drug Brands for $263 Million More... •   Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (PRX) Buys Rights to Market, Distribute Generic Dexilant® in the U.S. More... •   BioTime (BTX) and Subsidiary LifeMap Sciences Announce Agreement to Acquire XenneX, Inc. More... More Mergers and Acquisitions News •   Incyte Corporation (INCY) Announces EU Regulatory Milestone for Ruxolitinib; Triggering a $40 Million Milestone Payment From Novartis AG (NVS) More... •   Butamax and Fagen Announce Collaboration to Retrofit Ethanol Plants for Biobutanol Production More... •   IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDXX) Release: PurinaCare® Announces Partners in Wellness for Veterinarians More... •   Eisai Inc. (ESALF.PK) Amends License Agreement With Teikoku Pharma For Aricept® Patch (Donepezil Transdermal System) More... •   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Announces Licensing Agreement with Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL) to Provide Membrane Scaffold Proteins for Nanodisc Technology to the Research Community More... More Alliances News •   J. Erik Fyrwald to be President and Chief Executive Officer of Univar, John J. Zillmer to Become Executive Chairman of Univar and its Board of Directors More... •   Hologenix Completes Science Advisory Board More... •   Cannabis Science Inc. Signs Andrew Pitsicalis as International Brand and Licensing Director More... •   VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS) Appoints Ernest Mario, Ph.D. to the Board of Directors More... More Personnel News •   Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTIC) (CTI) Reports First Quarter Financial Results and Milestones More... •   Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL) Announces May 3rd Webcast of First Quarter 2012 Financial Results Conference Call More... •   Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) to Release First Quarter 2012 Financial Results on Thursday, April 26, 2012 More... •   Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGSI) to Sponsor Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2012 Financial Results More... •   Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MNTA) Announces Date of First Quarter 2012 Financial Results Conference Call More... More Earnings Report News •   Ameritox, Ltd. 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