Genentech Drug Extended Lives in Breast CA Trial - Aug. 27, 2012

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Monday, August 27, 2012  |   |   |   |  Myriad RBM's Strategic Biomarker Services can provide solutions to help discover and validate biomarker patterns for use in the following clinical trial and companion diagnostic applications: Please click here for more information.   •  Genentech (RHHBY) Drug Extended Lives in Breast CA Trial More... •  Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (4568.t), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) Say Heart Drug Effient Fails to Meet Goal in a Phase III Trial More... •  New Novartis AG (NVS) Drug Shows Potential in Heart Failure More... •  European Medicines Agency Agency Recalls Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Drug on Contamination Worries More... •  FDA Asks Genzyme Corporation (GENZ) to Redo Lemtrada Marketing Application More... •  Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) on Track to Seek Approval for Two Heart Drugs in '13 More... •  FDA Approves Mallinckrodt Inc.'s EXALGO® More... •  Cook MyoSite Announces Plan for Employment Expansion; Plans to Double Workforce by 2015 More... 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Responsible for experimental design, interpretation of results and making scientific presentations to global project teams and senior management. • Biotech Beach (Santa Monica, California) Astellas Pharma US QC Microbiologist Supervisor Supervise staff, product testing and Environmental Monitoring data within the QC Microbiology department in support of clinical manufacturing. The role will act as a technical expert within the organization with extensive knowledge related to aseptic procedure and compendial testing. • BioMidwest (Chicago, Illinois) Takeda Pharmaceuticals Quality Systems Program Manager Provide a regional resource to lead TGRD US functional teams in the identification and mitigation of systemic issues which may compromise the compliance of Takeda's drug development operations. 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