Category: Hiring/layoffs
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Report: Tech Industry Clusters Help Build Regional Economies
A new report from the Brookings Institution, a public policy research institute in Washington, D.C., urges the nation’s governors to create innovative new businesses in their states by building on current clusters of enterprises rather than trying to steal companies from other states. The report says this strategy, documented with examples of science and technology-based…
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Partnership Will Develop Green Training for Pharmacists
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Practice Greenhealth (PGH) in Reston, Virgina will collaborate to develop and promote sustainability training for pharmacists, pharmacy students, and related professionals. PGH is a membership organization for institutions in health care that have made a commitment to environmentally-friendly practices. The university and PGH will develop training modules…
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U.K. University Hosts Environmental Tech Training Center
The University of Leicester in the U.K. will soon launch a new €3.5 million ($4.54 million) research center to train environmental researchers in using current satellite technologies. The new European Centre of Excellence in Earth Observation Research Training or GIONET is set to begin on 18 January 2011. The center plans to train 14 researchers…
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Danish Pharma Company Restructures, Cuts Workforce
NeuroSearch, a biopharmaceutical company in Copenhagen, Denmark said today the company would restructure its operations to focus more on developing drugs for the central nervous system. This reorganization of the enterprise, says NeuroSearch, will lead to a 20 percent reduction in its workforce. The goal of the restructuring is to accelerate development of its lead…
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GSK, Nottinghan Univ. to Collaborate on Green Chemistry
The BBC is reporting that the global drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will build a new lab at the University of Nottingham in the U.K. for research and education in cleaner and safer chemistry processes. The proposal is expected to be presented first as a proof-of-concept in 2011, for construction at the University’s Jubilee Campus, one…
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Genzyme Sells Diagnostics Business to Sekisui Chemical
Genzyme Corporation, a biotechnology company in Cambridge, Massachusetts said today that it has an agreement with Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., which will acquire Genzyme’s diagnostic products business for $265 million in cash. Sekisui Chemical is a manufacturer of plastic materials for automotive and medical products, as well as PVC pipe systems and fabricated housing headquartered…
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Economic Model Computes Value of Workplace Flu Shots
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania developed an economic model to calculate costs and benefits of employers providing flu vaccinations as an employee benefit. The team from the university’s Graduate School of Public Health showed employers can save substantial funds offering vaccinations, and the sooner in the flu season the shots are offered…
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Mass. Biotechs Give Postdocs a Look at Business
The business Web site Xconomy today tells about a year-old program for postdoctoral researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston that gives postdocs a first-hand look at biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. In Xconomy, Sylvia Pagán Westphal tells about Mass. General’s Post Doc Industry Experience Program. Westphal says there are some 1,100 labs affiliated with Mass.…
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Biotech Company Consolidates, Cuts Workforce 13%
Biogen Idec, a biotechnology company in Weston, Massachusetts, says it will focus its R&D and manufacturing efforts in the field of neurology, cutting its expenses and workforce in the process. The restructuring announced today (3 November) will mean closing its San Diego, California site, and consolidating its Massachusetts operations. The company says it will concentrate…
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Defense/IT Developer Expanding R&D Labs, Staffing
Dynetics, a developer of defense/aerospace and IT systems in Huntsville, Alabama said Thursday it plans to add a new R&D and prototyping facility to its current Huntsville location. The company says it expects to hire 350 new workers over three years to staff the facility, but gave no timetable for when construction work begins. The…