Job creations
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.
Biotech and pharma companies make changes to their executive leadership teams, with moves at Sandoz, PAREXEL, FSD, Karuna, Precision Bio, and more.
Perhaps the biggest mover and shaker announcement this week was the unexpected resignation of Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Gottlieb will leave his post later this month to spend more time with his family.
As a valued member of our BioSpace community, we are eager to hear more from you and other readers in 2019. We want to know if you’ve updated your resume and components that make it competitive.
Pharma and biotech companies make changes to leadership roles, with new hires at Agios, Notable, Rapamycin, Confo, AVEO and more.
According to a recent BioSpace survey, 70% of life science employers indicated their company anticipates an increase in the number of open positions during 2019. So if you are on the job hunt, keep your eye out for new positions posted throughout the year!
Amicus Therapeutics, headquartered in Cranbury, New Jersey, announced it is launching a Global Research and Gene Therapy Center of Excellence in Philadelphia.
The state of Connecticut is embracing a new strategic vision for its biotech sector that could foment an addition of more than 6,000 new jobs over the next 10 years as the state looks to compete with neighboring New York and Massachusetts, both of which have a vibrant biotech and life science industry.
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