biotech jobs News

Sekisui Chemical (Tokyo, Japan) is to acquire privately held US CRO XenoTech (Lenexa, Kansas), which specialises in pre-clinical safety studies. Specific terms of the all-cash transaction have not been disclosed.

E-clinical specialist etrials Worldwide (Morrisville, North Carolina) has announced that its president and CEO, Eugene (Chip) Jennings, resigned on July 8th “for family reasons”.

US private equity firm Genstar Capital (San Francisco, California) has completed its $797 million acquisition of PRA International (Reston, Virginia).

Pfizer has started a dose-ranging Phase II clinical trial of PF-03187207 for the treatment of glaucoma in Japan.

Bush-led initiative to boost domestic production of biofuels as a viable and replaceable source of energy could bring about an increase in the number of biotechnology jobs.

Biotechnology career site offers job hunting and career advancement advice to jobseekers in the backdrop of recent job cuts in the sector.