Outgoing President Annette Green to be inducted into Fragrance Foundation's "Circle of Champions" at third annual award ceremony, to be held in New York City Nov. 4. She will join previous inductees, Leonard Lauder and Guy Peyrelongue, who were honored in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Green is planning to step down as president at end of year, after over four decades at the Fragrance Foundation (1"The Rose Sheet" June 10, 2002, In Brief). Following her retirement, she will act as consultant to her yet-unannounced successor over the next two years...

The French drugmaker is paying $2.5bn to get hold of THOR-707 which it claims has the potential to become the best-in-class IL-2 therapeutic for solid tumors, thanks to improved pharmacology and less frequent dosing.

For the first time, a working group within the International Council for Harmonization has started work on a regulatory topic specifically tailored to the global generics and biosimilars industry.