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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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Athira Pharma will cut about 49 positions, including two people in the C-suite. The announcement follows the company’s disappointing results for its investigational Alzheimer’s therapy.
Bristol Myers Squibb is continuing its cost-savings measures with layoffs in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The company announced earlier this year that it will eliminate 2,200 jobs by the end of 2024 in a bid to save $1.5 billion through 2025.
Oncternal Therapeutics will lay off about 10 workers as it explores “strategic alternatives” that could include asset sales or an M&A.
For the first eight months of 2024, California had the most job postings live on BioSpace—37.7% more than Massachusetts. Last year, Massachusetts ranked No.1 for the same time period.
Astellas Pharma’s new life sciences center houses its first U.S.-based SakuLab, an incubator space for external partners, as well as its engineered small molecules unit.
Facing financial challenges, IN8bio is looking to preserve cash resources through a pipeline prioritization and layoffs at its New York City and Birmingham, Alabama, sites.
ImmunityBio will lay off 16 employees in California and said it expects to need more funding to commercialize Anktiva, approved in April for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Astellas Gene Therapies is closing its San Francisco biomanufacturing facility, shifting gene therapy manufacturing to North Carolina, cutting at least 17 employees and affecting dozens more.
Last week, BioMarin revealed changes to its C-suite; now, the company has announced its second round of layoffs this year, following the termination of 170 employees in May.
Genentech’s latest layoffs are the second round of workforce reductions this year, following the company’s announcement in April that it was letting go around 3% of employees.