Week ahead

Highlights for July 30 to Aug. 4

30 Monday

* A Food and Drug Administration committee will hear from medical experts and agency researchers about the potential health risks of GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes treatment Avandia, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Holiday Inn, Gaithersburg, Md.

1 Wednesday-

* The FDA is expected to rule on an experimental migraine drug developed by Pozen of Chapel Hill and GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug maker with a U.S. headquarters in the Triangle. Analysts expect the drug, which some analysts predict will reach $1 billion in annual sales, to win approval.

2 Thursday-

* Jeff Stocks, CEO of staffing company Manpower's local office, will discuss how to develop career connections. The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce's central AM network meeting will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Bogart's American Grill, 510 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh. Free for AMN members, $15 for nonmembers. For more information, call 664-7034 or e-mail sgaskill@raleighchamber.org.

4 Saturday-

* RTP Product Guild's Pig Pickin Business Networking and Vendor Street Fair, 400 Dominion Drive, Morrisville. Guild members provide entrepreneurs, inventors or small companies with independent consulting advice and guidance on product innovation and technology. To register: www.capital.org/training.

For complete calendar listings, see Friday's Business section.

Economic calendar

TUESDAY: Waste Industries of Raleigh reports quarterly earnings.

WEDNESDAY: Automakers release July U.S. sales figures. Tekelec of Morrisville reports quarterly earnings.

THURSDAY: The Pantry of Sanford and Salix Pharmaceuticals of Morrisville report quarterly earnings. Commerce Department reports on factory orders for June.

FRIDAY: Icagen of Durham reports quarterly earnings.