Is Drug R&D in Jeopardy?
Business Week -- The U.S. drug industry, historically one of the most lavish spenders on research and development, ended 2009 with plans to eliminate a record 69,100 jobs. The toll is up 60% from 43,000 in 2008 and more than quadruple the 15,600 in 2004, according to outplacement outfit and layoff tracker Challenger, Gray & Christmas.