Merck Slashes 580 Jobs Amid Swiss HQs Shutdown - Apr. 24, 2012

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Request Now! •   Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI) May Pay $6 Billion Actavis More... •   Bausch & Lomb and ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ISTA) Announce Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period More... •   IMS Health (RX) Expands Services in Pharma R&D With Acquisition of DecisionView More... •   US Clinical Laboratories Announces Houston Acquisition More... More Mergers and Acquisitions News •   Bayer AG (BAY.F) to Develop Cancer Treatment With Amgen (AMGN) More... •   ARTES Biotechnology Announces a Strategic Collaboration Deal for Vaccine Development More... •   Sandoz, Inc. Enters Local Cameroon Production Partnership to Increase Access to Quality Medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa More... •   Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBT) and Fraunhofer IZI Announce Milestones Reached More... •   Cerus Corporation (CERS) and New York Blood Center to Collaborate on Development of Novel Red Blood Cell Biologic Product with Improved Uniformity More... More Alliances News •   Amgen (AMGN) Founding CEO George Rathmann Dies More... •   The New Amgen (AMGN) CEO and the Challenges He Faces, Must Win Investors With Payouts, Deals: Analysts More... •   S1 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces New Executive Management and Scientific Advisory Board Appointments More... •   BioScrip (BIOS) Appoints Hai V. Tran as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer More... •   miRagen Therapeutics Expands Executive Team Adding Drug Development Veteran More... More Personnel News •   Novartis AG (NVS) Quarterly Profit Drops as Diovan, OTC Sales Slump More... •   Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALXN) Reports First Quarter 2012 Results More... •   Array BioPharma, Inc. (ARRY) to Report Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2012 on April 30, 2012 More... •   Astex Pharmaceuticals (ASTX) to Announce 2012 First Quarter Financial Results on April 30, 2012 More... •   Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Announce First Quarter 2012 Financial Results on Tuesday, May 1 More... More Earnings Report News •   The Law Firm of Levi & Korsinsky Notifies Investors with Losses on Their Investment in NeurogesX, Inc. (NGSX) of Class Action Lawsuit More... More Legal News •   Life Technologies (LIFE) to Build Additional $20 Million State of the Art Cell Culture Facility in Scotland More... •   AAIPharma Services Opens New Technology Center More... •   PsiOxus Therapeutics Limited Moves into New Facilities on Milton Park to Accommodate Expansion More... 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