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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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Of the 25 companies receiving tax incentives in Massachusetts, 23 will add jobs outside of Boston and Cambridge. Medtronic, which is receiving the largest award, will create 220 roles in Billerica. Other recipients include AbbVie, Dyne Therapeutics and Viridian Therapeutics.
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It was relatively quiet in terms of COVID-19-related clinical trials, but there was still quite a bit of news for trials involving other indications. Here’s a look.
Merck is dropping $2.75 billion to acquire a promising cancer therapy that targets receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) in both hematological and solid tumors.
The life sciences industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. BioSpace provides a rundown of companies announcing facility and job expansions across the U.S. and beyond.
“With limited oral therapeutic options available for psoriasis, there remains a significant need for safe and effective therapies,” said April Armstrong, associate dean and professor of dermatology at the University of Southern California.
Kiadis has three compounds in the clinic: K-NK002 in Phase II for HSCT in blood cancer; K-NK003 for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML); K-NK-ID101 for COVID-19.
It was a particularly busy week for announcements about clinical trials, both related to COVID-19 and everything else. Here’s a look.
THOR-707 is a non-alpha IL-2 candidate that is currently being studied in Phase I trials in solid tumors.
Texas wants to get the word out: It’s not just for oil and pipelines anymore. The Lone Star State is a rapidly emerging biopharma hub, with more than just a lone focus on oncology.
Pfizer indicated yesterday that its Phase III clinical trial of 44,000 volunteers now needs fewer than 2,000 people to be fully enrolled.
Novartis is harnessing the power of Molecular Partners AG’s DARPin platform to develop two therapeutic candidates that could both be used to prevent and treat COVID-19 infection.