Category: Hiring/layoffs
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Agriproducts Manufacturer Plans R&D Expansion
Kemin Industries in Des Moines, Iowa said the company plans in the next five years to add six new manufacturing facilities, three new research facilities, and a new corporate headquarters building in Des Moines. The company develops nutritional ingredients for foods, animal feeds, and pharmaceuticals based largely on its own research. The $30 million expansion…
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Intel to Build New Oregon Plant, Upgrade U.S. Manufacturing
Intel Corporation said today it will invest between $6 to $8 billion on new manufacturing technology in its American facilities. The plan includes a new fabrication plant — called a “fab” in the industry — in Oregon. As part of the plan, Intel will deploy a new 22-nanometer (nm) manufacturing process in several of its…
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Biopharm Company Consolidates, Cuts 25% of Workforce
Halozyme Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company in San Diego, California said on Monday it would reduce its new research and development work to concentrate on existing drug products and commitments to pharmaceutical manufacturers. This consolidation will result in the company cutting its workforce by 25 percent. The company’s announcement noted Halozyme Therapeutics will focus its…
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R&D Spending Creates 11,000+ Jobs in Indiana Since 1999
An analysis of Indiana’s 21st Century Research and Technology Fund estimates the fund created more than 11,000 jobs since it began in 1999, sparking $427 million in economic activity in the state. Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research in Muncie, Indiana conducted the study. The Indiana General Assembly created the fund in…
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Postdocs: Commercialization Important, But for Others
Post-doctoral researchers in the Washington, D.C. area recognize the importance of commercializing research, where scientific results can benefit the local economy, but most postdocs surveyed have little interest in running their own business once their research fellowship ends. That’s the finding of a study published in the current issue of the International Journal of Knowledge-Based…
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Study: Wisconsin Benefits from Bioscience Industry
A study by Bioforward, an association of biotechnology companies in Wisconsin, shows a growing bioscience industry with high-paying jobs over the past few years, in contrast to other industries in the state. The analysis covers the period of 2004 through 2009. The bioscience industry, as defined by Bioforward, includes employers in four industry sub-sectors: agricultural…
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Partnership to Develop Sensors for Wound Infections
ECI Biotech, a developer of diagnostic sensors in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Systagenix, a medical device company specializing in wound care solutions based in the U.K., have agreed to produce sensors to improve the diagnosis and treatment of chronic wound infections. The agreement covers licensing and manufacturing of diagnostic wound sensors, which ECI Biotech says will…
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Sanofi Aventis to Close Pennsylvania R&D Center
The Pottstown Mercury reports today that pharmaceutical company Sanofi Aventis, based in France, will close its Great Valley, Pennsylvania research and development site by July 2011. The Mercury says Sanofi Aventis will keep clinical supply and related support activities at the Great Valley site. Elizabeth Baxter, a spokesperson for Sanofi Aventis, told the Mercury that…
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Novo Nordisk to Double China R&D Staff
Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical company, said today it will expand its research and development staff in Beijing, China from 100 to 200 employees by 2015. The additional staff will initially work on new research involving diabetes. The company says its future research scope in China will be broadened to include pharmacological studies other than…
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Small Businesses To Benefit This Year from Health Care Act
A new report from the Commonwealth Fund in New York, N.Y. says that small businesses will be eligible for tax credits under the 2010 health care reform bill (Affordable Care Act or ACA) beginning in 2010. The credits are designed to offset health insurance premium costs and help small businesses afford and maintain health insurance…