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We recently added a feature to BioCrowd called BioCrunch. Our goal for BioCrunch is to provide Bcrowd members with relevant, interesting and “fresh” content. Vincent and I are big fans of podcasts and PowerPoint presentations! That said, please contact me if you are interested in contributing content for BioCrowd’s BioCrunch feature.
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Ever wonder how a drug makes it from the bench to the marketplace and what types of jobs are required to support the process? I created a PowerPoint presentation that describes the activities and the jobs required at each stage of the development process. I also listed the degree requirements that are necessary to secure various jobs from drug discovery through commercialization.
Merck announced last week that it will cut 1,200 sales jobs in the U.S. by the end of July. The company also confirmed a plan to eliminate a small natural products group in Spain and Rahway, NJ. Whereas the salespeople who lost their jobs were given notice by the company, the natural products researchers in Spain (and Rahway) learned of their imminent demise via a power point presentation given by a Merck executive (whose name has not been disclosed).
According to reports, the Merck executive inadvertently included a slide in his presentation that outlined the plan for the layoffs to an audience that included Merck employees. Oops… The decision to close down in-house natural products research will impact approximately 50 researchers in Spain and "a significantly smaller number" in Rahway, N.J., according to Merck spokesman.
Merck eliminated most of its natural products discovery programs about 10 years ago but apparently maintained a small group hoping for a natural products discovery comeback. I, along with others, think that the blockbuster drugs of the future will come from natural product discovery. For those doubters out there, would somebody care to tell me the names of any blockbuster drugs that were discovered by combinatorial and computational chemistry?
I rest my case!
Thanks to Ed over at Pharmalot for the heads up on this story!!!!!
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