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Company and People Notes: BASF raises prices on excipients; Verus Pharmaceuticals appoints president and CEO; more.

Pfizer's Lipitor patent revoked in Germany, promotions at Charles River Labs, more.

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Company and People Notes: ImClone, BMS, and Merck form agreement; CRI Worldwide names new CEO, more.

Company and People Notes: Orexo acquires Biolipox, Avalon cofounder resigns, more...

Company and People Notes: Novartis and MIT to study continuous processing, GSK appoints Andrew Witty as CEO, more.

Company and People Notes: Thermo Fisher Scientific buys Priority Solutions International, Wyeth elects new president and CEO, more.

Lancaster Laboratories (Lancaster, PA) acquired Microchem Laboratories (Waterford, Ireland). Microchem was established in 1986 and is one of Ireland's testing and research laboratories. Microchem offers microbiological, chemical, and environmental analyses to the pharmaceutical, medical-device, and chemical industries in Europe and Asia.

Company and People Notes: Evotec and Renovis enter agreement, Amgen to lay off 675 workers, more.

Company and People Notes: Catalent expands Bolton, UK, warehouse; Biotica appoints Edward E. Hodgkin as CEO and director; more.

Company and People Notes: Baxter and Halozyme Expand Relationship, Crucell Names COO, More.

Company and People Notes: SAFC Expands in Wisconsin, Amgen Reduces Rhode Island Staff, More.

Company and People Notes: GSK Hires Jacobs Engineering Group, Agilent Exec to Retire, More.

August 23, 2007 Notes: AstraZeneca selects Axway's supply-chain tracking technology, Biovex names vice-president of quality assurance, more.

Biomira Inc. and Merck KGaA update agreement, Tikvah names vice-president and CFO, more.

Abraxis acquires manufacturing facility, Genentech acquires Tanox, more.

Johnson & Johnson consolidates operations, Xceleron leases new facility, more

Merck & Co. acquires NovaCardia, Sanofi Pasteur completes vaccine-manufacturing facility, more

Beijing Med-Pharm acquires stake in Sunstone, JHP Pharmaceuticals buys King Pharmaceuticals facility, more

The Bosch Group acquires Pharmatech, InterMune enters a supply agreement with Boehringer-Ingelheim, more.

Albany Molecular Research acquires manufacturing sites, Bespak restructures, more

Akorn, Catalent, Novo Nordisk, more

Althea Technologies partners with GeoVax Labs, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals restructures, more

Merck, Amgen, Lonza, Vical, more

AstraZeneca, Barr Pharmaceuticals, Jubilant Organosys, Roche, more

Acambis, FDA, Biogen, Ranbaxy, more

AAI, AstraZeneca, Biovail, West, more

Aptuit, Actavis, BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb, more

Althea, AstraZeneca, Bosch, more

Albany Molecular Research, BAC, Crucell, More