Beware! Abbott Issues Biosimilars Challenge - June 22, 2012

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Friday, June 22, 2012  |   |   |   |  Lab Equipment: Featuring Equipment from Sanofi-Aventis & Other Leading Global Firms! Please click here for more information. •   Beware! Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Issues Biosimilars Challenge More... More Industry News •   Biodel Inc. (BIOD) Announces $18.5 Million Private Placement More... More Finance News •   Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sells Drug for $26 Million to Depomed, Inc. (DEPO) More... More Mergers and Acquisitions News •   OXiGENE (OXGN) In-Licenses Rights to Promising Program for Neuroendocrine Tumors More... •   Gentris Corporation Partners with the Shanghai Institutes of Preventative Medicine More... 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More...   •   Shaji Procida Appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eisai Inc. (ESALF.PK) More... •   Marken (Formerly known as Marken Time Critical) Announces Global Advisory Board More... •   Mobius Photonics Welcomes New Board Member More... More Personnel News •   Scotland-based Innova Partnerships Ltd. Opens Boston Office More... More Construction 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! 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In conjunction with Program Management, R&D and other cross-functional partners, the Product Manager will lead business aspects of both internally-developed reagent products, as well as those leveraged from external collaborations. • Genetown (Waltham, Massachusetts) HireMinds LLC Marketing Manager, Diabetes Oversee all marketing and messaging for their existing product as well as a new one that will be launched this year. The Marketing Manager will report directly to the CEO and will manage a Marketing Specialist. • BioMidwest (Chicago, Illinois) Takeda Pharmaceuticals Manager, Commercial Discounts and Accounting Manages the comprehensive, objective, and timely financial planning and analysis as well as the monthly close and relating reporting requirements for all aspects of the gross to net process for TPNA's commercial products. • Biotech Beach (San Diego, California) EMD Group Product Manager Bulk OEM & Custom Serve as Product/Project Manager for Custom, Bulk & OEM opportunities - working with sales and customers to determine project design, working with internal partners to define viable options and coordinating with sales to successfully position the quote to match the customers' needs. • 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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