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BioSpace’s Q3 2025 U.S. Life Sciences Job Market Report reveals a turbulent quarter for biopharma hiring, with record declines in job postings, rising layoffs, and cautious employer sentiment shaping the industry’s employment landscape.
BioSpace data show biopharma professionals faced increased competition for fewer employment opportunities during the second quarter of 2025, with increased pressure from further layoffs.
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Opdivo, the trade name for the generic Nivolumab, can now be used in combination with certain types of chemotherapy for initial treatment of advanced or metastatic gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer and esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Abzena is opening another manufacturing site, its sixth in a global network. This morning, the partner research organization announced it would build a $200 million facility in Sanford, N.C.
It has been reported that Johnson & Johnson contacted Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca about investigating the clots and to “speak with one voice about safety.” However, both Pfizer and Modera declined, indicating that their vaccines were not associated with blood clots.
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GlaxoSmithKline halted two mid-stage studies assessing feladilimab combined with Merck’s Keytruda as a potential treatment in different oncology settings.