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• Pfizer Scientist Stabbed Wife After Job Loss, Police Say

  BNET - 2009-11-18

  A former Pfizer PFE employee who lost his job and “was convinced he could not provide for his family any further,” has been charged with stabbing his wife, according to police. Pfizer is in the process of laying off 19,500 employees in its merger with Wyeth. Asbill was involved in...

  Tags: Job, Pfizer Inc., Job Loss, Recruitment & Selection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Jim Edwards

• As Tax Breaks for Pfizer End, Jobs Disappear

  BNET - 2009-11-16

  As Pfizer PFE reorganizes after its merger with Wyeth, municipalities are finding that the tax deals they once struck to keep the drug giant in town are having short-term advantages at best and, at worst, no effect at all. Pfizer must make 19,500 layoffs across its empire to make the...

  Tags: Job, Merger, Pfizer Inc., Tax Break, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Investment, Finance, Financial Planning, Jim Edwards

• Pharma Roundup: Schering-Plough's $500,000 Bonus, Bristol and Exelixis, and More

  BNET - 2008-12-12

  Cash-strapped Schering-Plough gives out $500,000 bonus; Bristol-Myers Squibb buys chunk of Exelixis pipeline; Pfizer and Elan cut jobs. by John Maas

  Tags: Job, Pfizer Inc., Bonus, Schering-Plough Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Maas

• Pharma Roundup: Amylin Cuts Jobs, Sanofi Faces Hard Times, and More

  BNET - 2008-11-11

  Amylin cuts 340 jobs, UBS predicts hard times for Sanofi, Pfizer sells a factory and GSK will close one. by John Maas

  Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Maas, Pfizer Inc., Pharmaceutical Company, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales

• Pharma Roundup: Glaxo Reorganizing in U.S., Pfizer Urged to Keep Jobs in Connecticut, and More

  BNET - 2008-11-04

  Glaxo reorganizes U.S. operations; Connecticut congressmen ask Pfizer to keep U.S. jobs; AstraZeneca executive Patterson to retire; DTC advertising not earning its keep? by John Maas

  Tags: U.S., Job, Pfizer Inc., Connecticut, Glaxo, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Maas, Advertisement, Pharmaceutical Company, Sales Strategy, Sales

• GSK Hire From Pfizer Signals R&D Will Continue to Shrink

  BNET - 2008-09-12

  GlaxoSmithKline appointed Ellen Strahlman as it's new chief medical officer, and a perceptive post over at IN VIVO discusses the meaning of the move. (That's her LinkedIn photo.) Her previous job was as Pfizer's vp licensing and worldwide business Development. IN VIVO asks: With so...

  Tags: Job, R&D, Pfizer Inc., GSK, Witty, GSK R&D, Research & Development, Business Operations, Jim Edwards

• Pfizer Leads in Layoffs While Drug Prices Soar

  BNET - 2008-04-10

  Big Pharma continues to lend new meaning to the phrase "doing more with less," because while the industry seems to get smaller every day, drugmakers are still pushing through big price increases on their leading products. Over at Pharmalot, Ed Silverman provides a helpful roundup tracking the...

  Tags: David P. Hamilton, Drug, Drug Company, Job, Layoff, Management, Pfizer Inc., Sales, Sales Strategy, Strategy

• Unite Reaction to 400 Job Cuts at Pfizer in Kent.

  - 2007-09-11

  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Sep 11, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Unite National Officer, Linda McCulloch says, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Sep 11, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Unite National Officer, Linda McCulloch says,

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• Hot Jobs.(Business Lives)

  - 2007-06-04

  Byline: kira bindrim WANTED: Chief financial officer COMPANY Pfizer Inc. JOB DESCRIPTION Managing the company's $49 billion financial operation MOST IMPORTANT TASK Streamlining operations and cutting costs to account for lost revenue CR...

  Tags: company, job, Pfizer Inc., revenue

• Job funds at risk; `Chaos' over budget threatens business promotion.

  - 2007-05-21

  Byline: Amy Lane Just two weeks ago, state officials carved out $30.8 million for a business-attraction loan fund and $12 million for an effort to retain laid-off Pfizer Inc. employees and aid new companies they start up. But last week, those pr...

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