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Employees are told changes are under evaluation

* Aims to improve focus, reallocate resources

Oct 12 (Reuters) – Amgen Inc , the world’s largest biotechnology company, has told its research and development staff it is evaluating changes in its R&D programs, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

The company told employees the changes would be aimed at improving focus and reallocating resources to key pipeline assets and activities, Amgen’s Mary Klem said in a statement. Read more…

With more drugmakers outsourcing more trials to contract research organizations, few should be surprised that the CRO sector is generating investor interest. The attention-grabbing deal announced this week in which two private equity firms – Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman – agreed to pay $3.9 billion in cash to buy Pharmaceutical Product Development is no random bet.

Might there more be more such acquisitions? Clearly, CROs are on the radar screen. Why? For one thing, prices are rising. A survey by RW Baird analyst Eric Coldwell found 42 percent of drugmakers say prices rose in this year’s second quarter, up from one-third in the first quarter. The backdrop is a projected 3.6 percent to 8 percent growth in R&D budgets, on average, among drugmakers and biotechs. Read more…

Thousands of Texas doctors, researchers and medical experts — including more than 100 who are employed by the state and are paid with taxpayer dollars — routinely supplement their salaries with income from pharmaceutical companies.

Drug companies pay medical professionals for a wide range of activities, from speaking engagements to consulting. While legal, the practice raises questions about potential conflicts, and whether the interests of patients may be compromised. Read more…

The thinking may be convoluted, but higher education tends to benefit from an economic downturn.

It goes something like this, “Now that I’m out of a job, I might as well go back to school,” according to Jay Walls, a representative of the University of North Texas graduate school.

The turnout Wednesday for the Graduate & Professional School Fair held on the campus of Abilene Christian University bore out that thinking. Read more…

Fifty jobs are under threat at a private hospital in Ballykelly, County Londonderry.

The North West Independent Hospital said they had no alternative but to consider redundancies and restructuring.

In a statement the hospital said: “There has been a considerable downturn in work due to the reduction in referrals from the NHS Trusts.”

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Under the terms of the proposals, two existing GP surgeries would combine, setting up a new premises complete with a pharmacy attached, the Worcester Standard reports.

New pharmacy jobs may become available in Worcestershire if plans for the creation of a medical centre get the green light.

A planning application has been submitted to the local council. near Milwaukee, WI
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