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