IABCN member, Pat Patterson Buchanan of PMB Marketing, will be participating in Philadelphia Business Journal‘s Mentoring Monday event.

On Feb. 12, women from across Greater Philadelphia will gather at the Crystal Tea Room in Center City Philadelphia’s Wannamaker Building to receive advice from female mentors. Dozens of mentors will participate. They come from a variety of industries and are local business leaders. Click HERE to learn more.

Almac Group Launches Bespoke Elemental Impurities Laboratory 
Investment enhances ICP-MS equipment portfolio to support clients in response to new, stringent, USP and ICH guidelines

 

Craigavon, N.I., 24 January 2018 – The pharmaceutical industry is currently facing stringent new demands on elemental impurities from regulators stipulating the control and documentation of elemental impurities in drug products, drug substances and excipients. In response to these demands, Almac Group has announced significant investment in a state-of-the-art elemental impurities analysis laboratory at their European Headquarters, Craigavon, UK.

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Penn Mutual Makes Capital For Women Founders A Pillar Of Transformation
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I spoke to Eileen McDonnell, the Chairman, and CEO of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company late last year. She talked about her role as a female business leader and the female entrepreneurs her company helps fund through the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Ventures.

What makes a CEO of a 170-year old company an entrepreneur?

Entrepreneurship is not about the number of years you’ve been in business—it is a frame of mind. It’s why people came up with the term intrapreneur.

Entrepreneurship is a way of being in constant evolution and invention. McDonnell, whose firm in 2017 won an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® award for regional transformation, fits this definition.

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Irish Chamber members have been cordially invited by our colleagues at the British Chamber to attend their Theatre Night featuring  Inis Nua’s Love, Lies and Taxidermy on February 22nd.

Click HERE to register. Irish Chamber members are welcome to register at the BABC member rate.

Almac Group announces further expansion in support of clinical and commercial drug supplies at its European Campus in Dundalk, Ireland following successful HPRA Inspections

Craigavon, N.I., 18 January 2018 Almac Group, the global contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing organisation, today confirmed the successful completion of Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) inspections of Almac Clinical Services Ireland and Almac Pharma Services Ireland at its European campus in Dundalk, Ireland.

Almac previously confirmed that it secured new premises in Dundalk, Ireland in January 2017 as part of its ongoing global expansion strategy, to meet client demand and to address any potential challenges that may arise due to Brexit.

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