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Emerging Pharmas and CROs need each other

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Article authored by David Levin, Vice President at Clinipace. Strategic relationships with CROs have typically been the exclusive domain of large biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms with multi-millions to spend on clinical trials

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52 Perspectives: Career Outlook for Pharma & Biotech

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

With the pharma & biotech job market still in turmoil, we invited Jeff Schwartzman (a Partner at Laguna Source) to share his thoughts on the current state of affairs in the job search and shares his insights on where he things are at, and more importantly his advice on what candidates can do to land a job. 1) Despite

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The Economy, Patent Cliffs and Funding¦What™s a Pharmaco to do?

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

This week’s submission of  ’52 Perspectives’ comes to us from Kurt Vorheis, Principal at V2 Bio-Consulting, Inc., a specialized consulting business providing operational expertise to BioPharma, Chemical, and Industrial companies. 1.    Given the current state of the economy, what steps do you think are necessary for pharmaceutical companies to take with regard to outsourcing?

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Contract Research on the Rise

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Reprint from the Scientist magazine. The global economic crisis has got most businesses pinching pennies just to stay afloat, and the drug development industry is no exception. But at least one area of the biotechnology sector — contract research organizations (CROs) — is on the rise

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