Job creations
A recent report by CBRE Research analyzing U.S. life science clusters, found that Houston, Texas is the third-fastest growing life science market from 2014 to 2017. One doesn’t typically think of Texas, let alone Houston, as being a center for the life sciences. Oil, energy and tech, yes, but not life sciences.
It’s not a secret to say that tax incentives play a significant role in a municipality’s ability to attract new businesses. In Massachusetts, a state with a heavy biotech presence, tax incentives have been able to help small towns compete with large biotech and pharma hubs, like Cambridge.
The Novartis subsidiary said it plans to offer jobs to the 150 employees currently working at the Colorado facility and add additional headcount there in the future.
According to a recent BioSpace survey, 69% of employers indicated “finding quality talent” will be a significant challenge in 2019. Are you the quality talent life science employers are looking for? Don’t delay, apply now and show these employers you possess the quality skills they need!
Biotech and pharma companies bring on new talent to strengthen leadership teams and boards.
A recent study conducted by 24/7 Wall St. looked at data from the BLS and OES databases for 2017 to identify the cities with the highest percentage of STEM-intensive jobs.
The manufacturing plant will produce lentiviral vector for its gene and cell therapies, including bb2121 and bb21217 for multiple myeloma and possibly LentiGlobin for transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia (TDT) and sickle cell disease.
Biotech and pharma companies make appointments to strengthen executive teams, with moves at Sanofi, Forma, Orchard, CLSA, Sangamo, and more.
Arizona is not exactly the first place one thinks of when it comes to the life sciences. But, like many states and municipalities, Arizona and Phoenix, Arizona, are working hard to grow the life science industry. According to AZBio, bioscience companies in Arizona employed 25,686 people in 2016 in 1,310 individual businesses.
For years, the biggest employers of science and engineering PhDs has been academic institutions. For example, according to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)’s biennial Survey of Doctoral Recipients, academia employed 11 percent more PhDs than the private sector in 1997.
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