The BIO Career Fair is hosted by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and BIOCOM, the membership organization representing 5,520 biotech companies in Southern California. Candidates will have the opportunity to meet with recruiters from many of the largest biotech companies.

Officials for Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Schering-Plough on Thursday will testify at a House Energy and Commerce

Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation's (Nasdaq: OSCI) commercialization partner for FACTIVEŽ (gemifloxacin mesylate) tablets, Menarini Group, a leading European pharmaceutical company based in Italy, has submitted a regulatory filing seeking approval of FACTIVE in Europe.

UK architecture firm RMJM has been appointed design architect for a state-of-the-art $US90 million biotechnology research and development centre in Beijing , it was announced recently. The new facility is for Genzyme Corp. The facility is to be built at Zhongguancun (ZGC) Life Science Park which is dedicated to academic and government research centres as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

In an important first step towards achieving increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), members of a Senate appropriations subcommittee approved an additional $275 million in appropriations for the agency. The additional resources would provide a significant boost to the FDA's ability to monitor drug safety.