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Just a few months after Vir Biotechnology lost an emergency authorization for its COVID-19 antibody, Marianne de Backer stepped in as CEO to answer a critical question: What’s next?
Labor Market Reports
The life sciences job market continues to shift. BioSpace’s Q2 2025 U.S. Life Sciences Job Market Report is now available, offering exclusive insights into the latest hiring trends, layoffs, and workforce dynamics across the life sciences industry.
Year-over-year BioSpace data show biopharma professionals faced increased competition for fewer employment opportunities during the first quarter of 2025.
The 9% average salary increase from 2023 to 2024 was the largest for life sciences professionals since 2021. Several factors could be behind the spike, including companies providing higher pay because bonuses and stock compensation went down.
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Career Advice
In the wake of a global pandemic and economic downturn, the hiring market has turned on its head. BioSpace spoke with PharmaLogics Recruiting to learn how employers can stay competitive.
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If you’re a life sciences professional in the Genetown hotbed (Boston, Cambridge and the surrounding areas of Massachusetts) and are looking for your next challenge, take a look at these companies hiring on BioSpace.
If you’re a sales professional looking for a new position, here are some companies currently looking to fill sales roles on BioSpace.
With the investment in the plant, Daiichi Sankyo is looking to create new laboratories for its antibody-drug conjugates used to develop and manufacture therapies for breast, lung and stomach cancers.
If you’re a researcher looking for your next challenge, check out these companies with current openings on BioSpace.
Takeda, AbbVie and Moderna are among the companies with open positions.
Here are the top companies on BioSpace with internship opportunities for graduate students.
In the biopharma industry, engineers are pivotal drivers of innovation, helping to shape the landscape of healthcare discoveries.
In a changing landscape, top companies are increasingly embracing remote work.
If it feels like there has never been a tougher time to look for work, you’re not alone—and you’re likely not wrong.
Analysts in life sciences play a crucial role in analyzing and interpreting data to support research, development and decision-making processes within the field.