Mongolia

Bayer North America CFO with firm since 2008; Cosette VP for quality, regulatory affairs; FDA labeling review official joins ProPharma; Lifecykel, UFC veterans launch Mongolian training camp; and Beverly Hills surgeons offer skin care supplement.

Consun Pharmaceutical is set to raise up to HKD1.09bn ($140.6m) in an initial public offering in Hong Kong after pricing the shares at the top end of the proposed range.

One of the by-products of China's fast-growing pharmaceutical market is the proliferation of counterfeit and fake drug products, as unscrupulous producers look to cash in on the growing demand for medicines.

Nycomed has entered into an agreement to market Eurand's pancreatic enzyme product, Zenpep (pancrelipase), in ex-Soviet republics (excluding the Baltic states) and Mongolia. No financial terms have been disclosed, and the deal is subject to regulatory approvals.

Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Mongolia will become the first developing countries to receive donated doses of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine from the World Health Organization. Shipments of 772,000 doses of GlaxoSmithKline's pandemic vaccine are likely to be delivered before the end of the year, the WHO told Scrip.