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Angela Gabriel

Angela Gabriel

Content Manager, Life Sciences Careers

Angela Gabriel is content manager, life sciences careers, 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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Now Hiring
10 Companies Hiring in San Francisco
Looking for a biopharma job in San Francisco? Check out the BioSpace list of 10 companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.
May 15, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
The 5 Largest Biopharma Layoffs of Q1 2025: Updated
The number of employees laid off increased year over year during the first quarter. BioSpace recaps the five largest rounds of layoffs, which included BMS and Novartis cuts.
May 13, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Lexeo Trims 15% of Workforce, Shifts Focus to Lead Cardiac Programs
Lexeo wants to more quickly move investigational gene therapy LX2006 into a registrational study and hopes for a potential efficacy readout in 2027.
May 12, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Editorial
Doubts About Job Market Turning Around Soon Easy To Understand
In a recent BioSpace LinkedIn poll, nearly half of respondents predicted the job market won’t turn around until 2027 or later. It’s easy to see why people are skeptical, especially when you consider recent hiring activity and layoffs.
May 9, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Insitro Cuts 22% of Workforce, Extending Runway Into 2027
Insitro’s layoffs affect about 65 employees as the AI-focused biotech looks to advance its pipeline in metabolic disease and neuroscience.
May 9, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
Job Trends
2025 Q1 Job Market Report: Quarterly Job Postings Live Declined as Applications Spiked
Year-over-year BioSpace data show biopharma professionals faced increased competition for fewer employment opportunities during the first quarter of 2025.
May 8, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Job Trends
Job Market Woes: More Funding, Stability Needed for Turnaround
The biopharma job market likely won’t turn around until 2026, according to two industry experts. Both cited a need for more investment and noted the impact of uncertainty on the industry.
May 8, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Job Trends
Hiring Outlook: Biopharma Job Market Yet To Surge, but Layoffs Decline
Although the job market did not pick up in April, layoffs were down year over year and month over month, according to BioSpace tallies. Meanwhile, Amgen, Novartis, Regeneron and Roche announced U.S. manufacturing investments that are sparking job creation.
May 7, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Job Trends
Recent Federal Actions Put US, Massachusetts Biotech Leadership at Risk: MassBio
MassBio’s new report outlines several concerns, including NIH cuts undermining the research engine, FDA reductions delaying innovation and trade barriers disrupting supply chains.
May 7, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
BMS Axes 516 More Employees in New Jersey
Bristol Myers Squibb has made significant cuts to its workforce since last year as part of a strategic reorganization aimed at saving $3.5 billion through 2027. The latest cuts in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, bring that area’s total number of disclosed cuts this year to 806.
May 5, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Layoffs
Pliant Axes 45% of Workforce To Save Cash, Support Late-Stage Clinical Trials
Following challenges with its drug candidate bexotegrast and announcement of a limited-duration stockholder rights program, Pliant is paring back its workforce.
May 2, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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Job Trends
Employee Engagement, Workforce Sentiment Down in 2024
Global employee engagement fell two percentage points in 2024, according to Gallup, while BioSpace found that workforce sentiment decreased among biopharma professionals. Additionally, a recent BioSpace poll suggests engagement could continue to decline in 2025.
May 1, 2025
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Angela Gabriel
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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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Angela Gabriel
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