300 New Jobs for Alexion; Tesaro Preps for $81M IPO - June 20, 2012

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012  |   |   |   |  Fourth Annual ADAPT Congress 2012 Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown September 19 - 21, 2012 This year, the coverage has been expanded to seven concurrent tracks, focusing on (1) strategies to accelerate and de-risk drug and diagnostic development (2) implementing personalized medicine though drug-diagnostic co-development; and (3) innovative non-invasive diagnostics for cancer and other diseases. For more information visit: www.ADAPTcongress.com.   •  300 New Jobs for Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALXN) More... •  Tesaro, Inc. Preps for $81 Million IPO More... •  Cytokinetics, Inc. (CYTK) Nabs $60 Million Financing More... •  CSL Limited (CMXHF.PK): Viral Component Likely Cause of Convulsions in Kids Given Fluvax More... •  Wall Street Doubt Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Alzheimer's Meds More... •  Drugmakers Including Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Biogen Idec, Inc. (Massachusetts) (BIIB) and Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Form Consortium More... •  Icahn Nominates Four for Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX) Board in Second Fight More... •  Troubled AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) Should Consider Merging With Abbvie: Analysts More... More Top News BioPharma Solutions, a business unit of Baxter, partners with pharmaceutical companies to support their commercialization objectives by providing scientific expertise, sterile manufacturing solutions, parenteral delivery systems, and customized support services needed to meet the unique challenges that parenteral products face. For more information, please visit: http://www.baxterbiopharmasolutions.com. •  More Proof FDA is Faster Than Other Drug Regulators More... •  Biotech R&D is Up, But the Struggle Continues More... •  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Scientists Discover How Key Enzyme Involved in Aging, Cancer Assembles More... •  Mango Skin May Help Fight Flab, University of Queensland Study More... •   Could Sunlight Lower Your Odds for Pancreatic Cancer? Queensland Institute of Medical Research Study More... •  Arthritis Treatment Linked to Liver Problems, Indiana University Study More... •  Researchers Find Protein Deposits Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Behave Like Prions, PNAS Reveals More... •  New Genetic Discoveries Related to Male Pattern Baldness Found, 23andMe, Inc. Reveals More...   More Featured News The 26th Annual Symposium of The Protein Society August 5 - 8, 2012 www.proteinsociety.org/symposium With 14 sessions over 3.5 days covering the most diverse and current topics in the field of protein science, The Protein Society meeting has become the "must-attend" event for the leaders and future leaders in the field. Free for undergrads, with reduced registration costs for everyone and many educational workshops and unique networking opportunities, the 26th Symposium is sure to be the best yet. For more information, please click here: www.proteinsociety.org/symposium. • Biotech Bay (San Francisco, California) Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. Scientist, Molecular Biology Responsible for all aspects of Catalyst's phage display platform for identifying therapeutically relevant leads. S/he will generate large libraries of proteases, utilize Catalyst's proprietary selection technology, as well as work with the automation team to develop and utilize screens for characterizing phage hits. • Biotech Beach (San Diego, California) Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation Scientific Associate, Malaria Drug Discovery Will integrate with a multi-disciplinary team focused on discovery and development of small molecule inhibitors for the treatment of malaria. Primary responsibilities will include investigations into the mechanism of action for novel antimalarials, routinely test efficacy of lead compounds in an in vivo mouse malaria model, and assist in the characterization of compounds in an established high-content screen. • Genetown (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company Senior Product Manager - Hematologic Malignancies Will report to the Global Marketing Director and will assume responsibility for supporting short- and long-term global marketing strategies, programs and tactics to optimize commercial potential for an oncology product in hematologic malignancies. • Pharm Country (Parsippany, New Jersey) Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Project Coordinator Supports and contributes to establishment and documentation of appropriate strategies, deliverables and comprehensive cross-functional project plans for new product development projects (e.g. task analysis, work breakdown structures, time and event schedules, cost projections, resource requirements and risk/contingency plans). • BioCapital (Gaithersburg, Maryland) MedImmune, LLC QA Specialist III - ATS Responsible for assuring the quality of licensed products manufactured at MedImmune and contractors. The Specialist supports a number of functional areas including manufacturing, facilities and other Quality departments. Implements quality policies, manages quality systems and assists in facilitating regulatory compliance inspections. Get Noticed! Add your resume to the BioSpace Career Center! See more than 5,000 job postings in the BioSpace Career Center! 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