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AstraZeneca to Slash 8,000 More Jobs (Updated 2/3/10)
Last year, AstraZeneca announced the elimination of some 15,000 jobs. Last Thursday, the London-based company revealed that it plans to lay off another 8,000 by 2014—this despite global revenue growth of 4 percent for 2009.
Much of the drive for this addition labor sculpting stems from AZ’s desire to streamline its R&D; the company will focus [...]
Posted in Strategy Also tagged AstraZeneca, Company, David Brennan, Employment, GlaxoSmithKline, layoffs, London, Research and development 1 Comment
Novartis Names Jimenez CEO
Novartis shocked investors on Tuesday morning when the Swiss-based firm announced that CEO Daniel Vasella would relinquish his post as CEO to Joe Jimenez while retaining his chairman of the board spot.
According to a release, this move has been in the works since 2008 and lead to the restructuring of its management team. The executive [...]
Posted in Strategy Also tagged AstraZeneca, Chief financial officer, Daniel Vasella, Novartis, Switzerland 1 Comment
JP Morgan Healthcare Conference Marked by Hesitant Optimism
Guest blog by Audrey S. Erbes, Principal, Erbes & Associates
While last year’s meeting was dominated by the global economic crisis and its impact on the healthcare industry, this year’s presenters tried to give investors a glimmer of hope for better outcomes in the future. The fear that darkened moods of attendees in 2009 was gone [...]
Posted in Events, Guest Blog Also tagged Audrey Erbes, Clinical trial, Erbes & Associates, Health care, JPMorgan Chase, San Francisco 1 Comment
Dendreon Picks Bishop as COO
Congratulations are in order for Hans Bishop, one of our 2009 emerging leaders. Dendreon just announced that it appointed Bishop chief operating officer in charge of the pending launch of the prostate cancer treatment Provenge.
“Hans’ extensive and successful global commercial experience will add tremendous value to Dendreon’s already strong executive team as we prepare for [...]
Posted in People Also tagged Bayer, Cancer, Conditions and Diseases, Dendreon, Hans Bishop, Health, Prostate cancer, Sipuleucel-T Leave a comment

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