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Pharmaceuticals

• Skilled Pharmaceutical engineers needed in India

  April 5, 2012

  Job seekers who want to advance their careers in biotechnology or pharmaceutical engineering may want to take advantage of the resources available to them.

• Job seekers may be able to impact the pharma industry in 2012

  March 27, 2012

  The pharmaceutical industry is, in some ways, a stable market, as people will always need cures for their ailments.

• Spotlight on China: Decelerating Growth but Still Growing

  March 27, 2012

  While most of the world expects to be walking a tightrope between GDP growth and contraction over the next year, Mainland China is expecting 8 per cent growth in 2012. Many business leaders in the West have looked at the dichotomy between anemic local markets and that of China, and tried to tap into that growth. But that growth is slowing, and it may not have enough momentum to help new or expanding entrants into the market.

• Ireland looks to boost pharmaceutical jobs through new health innovation initiative

  February 26, 2012

  The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) has come out in support of the government's new Action Plan for Jobs, which will help create thousands of new positions through its "health innovation hub."

• AstraZeneca to slash 7,300 jobs, close Montreal lab

  February 1, 2012

  Government spending cuts on healthcare and increased competition have finally caught up to drug maker AstraZeneca, who announced it will eliminate 7,300 jobs this year.

• Kerry Ingredients to add more jobs with new pharma cell science lab expansion

  January 31, 2012

  Kerry Ingredients & Flavours of Beloit, Wisconsin, said it was expanding its customer base to include the global biopharmaceutical industry with its new Cell Science laboratory.

• Takeda Pharmaceutical to slash 9 percent of global workforce

  January 17, 2012

  On the heels of its $12 billion acquisition of Swiss drugmaker Nyocomed, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company has announced it is reducing the size of its European and U.S. workforce.

• NantWorks buys old Indiana Pfizer plant, creates 234 pharmaceutical jobs

  January 10, 2012

  California-based NantWorks LLC has announced plans to buy the vacant Pfizer building in Indiana to locate a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.

• UK pharma companies look to cash in on U.S. market

  January 9, 2012

  Scotland-based pharmaceutical company ProStrakan recently announced it will expand its stateside presence after striking a distribution and licensing deal in the U.S.

• Allergan expands botox operations in Ireland

  January 8, 2012

  Allergan, the U.S.-based maker of botox, has announced plans to extend its presence in the European market with a new facility in western Ireland.