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All companies face daily decisions about what to activities should be contracted out. For many life sciences companies, the answer has been virtually everything, from discovery to manufacturing to clinical trials. Management in such virtual companies rely on a network of contractors to perform these key functions. This panel explores how best to balance cost vs. control and the benefits and challenges of relying on contractors and consultants.

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Kelly Scientific Resources
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This is a 6 month temporary position at a large pharmaceutical company in Pearl River, NY. You will be responsible for providing bioanalytical support for biopharmaceutical products during non-clinical and clinical development stages.

Biotech Bay (San Francisco, California)

The J. David Gladstone Institutes
Research Associate
Research Associate position available in the laboratory of Dr. Benoit Bruneau. The person in this position will be maintaining a transgenic mouse colony, including genotyping, setting up breedings, and recovering experimental animals.

BioMidwest (Mattawan, Michigan)

MPI Research
Study Director-Immunology
This position is responsible for the overall planning and conduct of non-clinical investigations, in accordance with applicable regulatory guidelines and contemporary scientific practice.

Biotech Beach (Thousand Oaks, California)

Amgen
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The responsibilities of this position will be to develop, qualify, apply and transfer traditional and novel analytical methods to in-process analysis and characterization of recombinant protein therapeutics.

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Broad Institute
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As part of a research and production team within the Chemical Biology Platform, designs and carries out projects related to compound procurement, management, organization, and distribution.

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