Job Trends

BioSpace data show job postings live increased quarter over quarter, while layoffs fell year over year.
Labor Market Reports
BioSpace’s 2026 U.S. Life Sciences Employment Outlook examines the state of the biopharma workforce amid ongoing funding pressure, elevated layoffs and cautious hiring sentiment, while highlighting early signals of stabilization and cautious optimism for the year ahead.
BioSpace’s 2025 Q4 U.S. Life Sciences Job Market update highlights early signs of stabilization in biopharma hiring, with modest gains in job postings, slowing layoffs, and cautiously improving sentiment heading into 2026.
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.
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More biopharma organizations were actively recruiting at the end of 2025 than 2024, based on the new BioSpace employment outlook report. Areas in demand this year include research and development and clinical. Organizations are also prioritizing artificial intelligence hires.
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In a statement, the company said, “Bristol Myers Squibb is in compliance with all applicable tax rules and regulations. We work with leading experts in this area and will continue to work cooperatively with the IRS to resolve this matter. Beyond that, we don’t comment on ongoing regulatory matters.”
FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two new treatments for multiple myeloma and pulmonary hypertension.
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Merck is having a very busy week. Here’s today’s news.
FDA
The FDA-approved ide-cel, which will be marketed under the brand name Abecma is going to be the second therapy for myeloma. Here’s everything you need to know.
FDA
As this week’s FDA Action Alert emphasizes, not everything goes as planned with the U.S. FDA. With three PDUFA dates, two of them ran into issues. Read on to find out more.
There was a fair amount of clinical trial news last week. Here’s a look.
In his fifth year as CEO, his take-home was about $20.15 million – an almost $1.7 million base pay plus $13.5 million in stock awards, with another $5 million in incentive plan pay with “other” pay.