Coverage: Drug company Merck cutting 1,800 sales jobs
Merck is eliminating 1,800 sales jobs nationwide, but then adding 960 positions to a new chronic-care sales force, the company said. Linda Loyd of the Philadelphia Inquirer had the story: “It’s a net change of about 1,000 jobs,” said Merck spokeswoman Tracy Ogden. “We do not know at this time how many positions may be local, […]
CNBC.com seeks consumer and health editor
CNBC is looking for an experienced Consumer & Health Editor to expand and develop our digital coverage of corporate news. Working in close collaboration with the Assistant Managing Editor and a team of reporters, the Editor will help set priorities and assign and edit articles, focusing on both quick-hitting, breaking news short stories, as well […]
Modern Healthcare seeks hospital finance reporter
Modern Healthcare, the preeminent source for health care business news, is seeking an experienced reporter to cover hospital finance topics relating to the healthcare industry. This position reports, writes and produces for all Modern Healthcare print and digital publications and is expected to generate other forms of editorial content including but not limited to blog […]
Coverage: Pfizer weighs selling $15 billion consumer business
Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday it’s considering the sale or spin-off of its consumer health care business, shaking up the industry and potentially putting a headache pill to lip balm operation worth some $15 billion up for grabs. Manas Mishra and Ben Hirschler of Reuters had the news: The move comes as Germany’s Merck KGaA is also looking to […]
Chicago Tribune, Post & Courier and MedPage Today win Barlett & Steele Awards
The Chicago Tribune; The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina.; and MedPage Today won gold, silver and bronze awards, respectively, in the 11th annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Journalism, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced Wednesday. Named for the renowned investigative team of Don Barlett and Jim Steele, whose […]
Dealreporter seeks pharma/biotech reporter
Dealreporter, a growing global financial news service that is part of Acuris, is looking for an experienced business journalist to cover M&A deals and corporate strategy for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The New York-based position is an excellent opportunity to work with a competitive team of journalists and editors in digging out exclusive and […]
Nashville Biz Journal hires new health care/tech reporter
Joel Stinnett is joining the Nashville Business Journal to cover the city’s health care industry and its fledgling technology sector. Editor Lori Becker writes, “Joel brings a unique combination of journalistic and business chops. As a former small-business owner, he’s walked in many of your shoes. He understands many of the challenges facing our readers […]
Modern Healthcare seeks policy reporter
Modern Healthcare, the preeminent source for health care business news, is seeking an experienced reporter to cover health care policy and politics. This position reports, writes and produces for all Modern Healthcare print and digital publications and is expected to generate other forms of editorial content including but not limited to blog posts, podcasts, video, […]
STAT retracts op-ed piece and changes guidelines
Health care news site STAT has retracted one op-ed piece, as explained in this editor’s note and tightened its standards for opinion pieces and its practices for vetting writers. Executive editor Rick Berke of STAT writes, “We have always asked contributors to disclose any conflicts of interest, and believe the vast majority of the opinion […]
D CEO magazine seeks health care reporter/editor
D CEO is looking for a smart, aggressive, experienced reporter/editor to cover the business of health care — one of the region’s most vibrant and important industries — for both the print publication and our D CEO Healthcare web site. The ideal candidate will be able to interpret a balance sheet, read between the lines […]
