Garry A. Nicholson has been named as Pfizer's new Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company?s newly formed Oncology Business Unit.

PiR Interims (UK), a recruitment company specializing in supplying interim managers to global life science organizations, has launched its new website.

Novagali Pharma (France) has announced the appointments of Sylvie Elia-Foeillet as vice president of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Genevieve Garrigos as vice president of Human Resources and Communication.

Hanne Damgaard Jensen, previously senior vice president of Drug Development at Genmab A/S (Denmark), has been appointed senior vice president of Product Development for Santaris Pharma (Denmark) with immediate effect.

Kendle, a global full-service clinical research organization (CRO), has announced the appointment of Ed Richards, PhD as vice president, global clinical development Europe and Africa.

Up to 1000 new skilled jobs could be created on the former GlaxoSmithKline site in Liverpool (UK). Knight Frank and BE Group acted for New Capital Developments in the A36.4 million (~?9.6 million) deal to purchase the factory site, which is a mixed use environment including office buildings, laboratory and pharmaceutical specialist space, R&D space, manufacturing areas, warehousing and development land.

A dream career is something most of us yearn for, but often we don't do what it takes to achieve one. Sometimes, a little guidance can help steer us in the right direction. For their book, Learn the Secrets: The Field-Tested, Combat-Ready Guide to Becoming a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative, Catherine Kaputa and Lynn Zimmerman spoke to senior sales executives from a wide range of pharmaceutical sales companies, and from hearing their success stories were able to compile this ten-point list of ways to effectively climb that career ladder.

May/June2005
