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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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No financial terms were disclosed, but they are apparently based on delivery time and dose volume.
The two companies will combine their mRNA research to develop the potential vaccines across a range of infectious disease pathogens.
It was a surprisingly big week for clinical trial updates related to COVID-19, although there was plenty of non-COVID-19 news as well. Here’s a look.
Rumors are flying that Paris-based Sanofi has a $50 billion budget for mergers and acquisitions and is taking a look at U.S.-based biotech companies. At the top of the list, reportedly, is South San Francisco-based Principia Biopharma.
Mirikizumab met all primary endpoints against placebo and secondary endpoints against Cosentyx in the Phase III study, the Indianapolis-based pharma company announced.
Novartis plans to make the drugs available to government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other institutional customers in up to 79 countries at no profit.
Phase I data from the COVID-19 vaccine under development by AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s Jenner Institute is showing a robust defense against the novel coronavirus that has infected more than 13 million people across the globe.
AstraZeneca released positive data from the Phase III THALES trial of Brilinta (ticagrelor) used twice a day with an aspirin.
“We are pleased the committee recognized the potential for belantamab mafodotin to help patients who have relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, an incurable disease with limited treatment options,” said Axel Hoos, senior vice president and heat of Oncology R&D for GSK.
Paris-based Sanofi and Houston-based The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center entered a five-year strategic partnership to develop immune therapies and targeted cancer treatments.