Business and Finance

News

Private equity firm invests in Univar – 2-Sep-2010

CD&R acquires 42.5% ownership interest

MorphoSys signs anti-bacterial deal with Absynth – 2-Sep-2010

Secures access to innovative targets associated with Staphylococcus aureus infections

NextPharma adds microbiology facilities in Göttingen – 2-Sep-2010

German plant gains three new state-of-the-art laboratories

Pfizer to purchase FoldRx Pharmaceuticals – 1-Sep-2010

Expands pipeline of potential treatments for chronic degenerative diseases

Private equity firm buys Mallinckrodt Baker – 1-Sep-2010

Former Rohm & Haas ceo becomes chairman

Articles

Management cost vs value – 23-Aug-2010

Clinical trials are usually tendered for and awarded on cost. Paul Naybour, md at Parallel Project Training, and Roger Joby, project management consultant at 1to1to1, argue that the focus should be on value rather than cost

Events

SCOPE – Summit for Clinical Ops Executives – 16-Aug-2010

7 – 9 February 2011
Westin Colonnade Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, US

Global Approach to the Risk Management of Medicines – 12-Aug-2010

30 September - 1 October 2010
Washington, DC, US

Eighth Annual Strategic Resource Management – 11-Jun-2010

3 - 4 November 2010
Crowne Plaza, Philadelphia, PA, US

BIO-Europe 2010 – 28-May-2010

15 - 17 November 2010
Munich, Germany

Jobs & People

Pacific Biosciences expands into EU – 13-Aug-2010

Appoints European vp and signs up Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute as first EU customer

Aesica golf day raises £6,000 for charity – 11-Aug-2010

Nineteen teams of four support two charities

Anne-Marie Masquelier joins Cegedim Strategic Data – 21-Jul-2010

Takes role of global medical research director

Catalent expert to chair USP committee – 19-Jul-2010

Mary Foster will lead USP Packaging, Storage and Distribution Expert Committee

ClinTec ceo receives Honorary Doctorate – 15-Jul-2010

For her contribution to life sciences industry