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Angela Gabriel

Angela Gabriel

Content Manager, Life Sciences Careers

Angela Gabriel is content manager at BioSpace. She covers the biopharma job market, job trends and career advice, and produces client content. You can reach her at angela.gabriel@biospace.com and follow her on LinkedIn.

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Layoffs
Entrada Cuts 20% of Workforce, Targeting Research Employees
Entrada is paring back its research staff even as it gears up to hire employees to support a planned clinical trial for a Duchenne muscular dystrophy candidate.
April 30, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Octagon Winds Down After Deprioritizing Lead Program
Despite executing perfectly, Octagon confronted a “scientific no-go,” CEO Isaac Stoner said in his LinkedIn post announcing the company’s impending closure.
April 29, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Spruce Axes 55% of Staff, Leaving Shoestring Crew To Focus on New Rare Disease Asset
Spruce Biosciences is cutting over half of its employees as it looks to secure accelerated approval of a Sanfilippo syndrome therapy it recently acquired from BioMarin.
April 28, 2025
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Layoffs
Guessing Game: Former HHS Workers’ Next Stops Unclear
Where thousands of former Health and Human Services employees will work next is unknown, but biopharma companies likely aren’t the main destination. Two biopharma executives discuss potential landing spots.
April 24, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Job Trends
Massive Investment in US Manufacturing Triggers Wave of Career Opportunities
Companies are announcing significant investments in U.S. manufacturing in response to looming tariffs. An AstraZeneca executive and Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk spokespeople discuss potential job and skill-building opportunities and where manufacturing might head in the future.
April 24, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Tempest Cuts 80% of Staff While Considering Strategic Alternatives
California-based Tempest Therapeutics is laying off 21 of its 26 full-time employees. The cuts come while the biotech is exploring strategic alternatives, including a merger or acquisition, as it tries to move its investigational PPARα antagonist into late-stage development.
April 21, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Q1 Biopharma Layoffs Hit California, Massachusetts Hard
During the first quarter, 22 rounds of biopharma layoffs in California affected about 995 employees total, while 17 rounds in Massachusetts impacted around 410 people, based on BioSpace estimates. Meanwhile, competition for jobs in those states increased year over year, according to BioSpace data.
April 17, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Job Trends
9 Companies Hiring in Massachusetts
Looking for a biopharma job in Massachusetts? Check out the BioSpace list of nine companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.
April 17, 2025
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Job Trends
Bonus Episode: Q1 2025 Job Market Update
In this bonus episode, BioSpace’s vice president of marketing ⁠Chantal Dresner⁠ and careers editor ⁠Angela Gabriel⁠ take a look at Q1 job market performance, layoffs and administration decisions impacting the workforce.
April 15, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Editorial
Biopharma Professionals Know All Too Well What Laid-Off HHS Employees Are Experiencing
Health and Human Services employees aren’t the only ones out of work. Thousands of private-sector biopharma professionals lost their jobs in the first quarter.
April 11, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
The 5 Largest Biopharma Layoffs of Q1 2025
The number of employees laid off dropped year over year during the first quarter. BioSpace recaps the five largest layoffs, which included BMS and Novartis cuts.
April 10, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Business
New Jersey’s Life Sciences Scene Continues Expanding Beyond Big Pharma
Known as the home of big-name companies including Johnson & Johnson, New Jersey has become a destination for more and more small and midsize life sciences businesses. Choose New Jersey, Grace Therapeutics and Onyx Equities executives discuss the state’s life sciences scene.
April 10, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Lyell Cuts 73 Employees as Part of LA Site Closure
After moving the manufacturing of a CAR T drug that was part of its ImmPACT Bio acquisition to Washington, Lyell Immunopharma is closing its Los Angeles manufacturing facility, eliminating dozens of jobs there.
April 7, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Spark Therapeutics Cuts 298 Employees as Part of Reorganization
Roche’s reorganization of Spark Therapeutics is coming more into focus, with nearly 300 employees being let go by the end of this year. Spark also trimmed its staff in 2024.
April 4, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Job Trends
Over Half of Biopharma Professionals Work More Hours Than Average US Workers, BioSpace Finds
Although U.S. full-time employees worked an average of 42.9 hours weekly last year, according to Gallup, that wasn’t true for most BioSpace LinkedIn poll respondents. A Karius HR executive discusses a few potential reasons for the longer workweeks.
April 3, 2025
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