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Mereo BioPharma will cut 40% of its headcount and significantly reduce expenses to support the advancement of its lead programs through the clinic.
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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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Despite some setbacks, the company anticipates its vaccine could be available for use in the United Kingdom within the next several weeks.
Novartis is acquiring Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Cadent Therapeutics for $210 million up front and a possible $560 million in milestone payments.
Novartis’ Entresto is well on its way to receiving approval as a treatment for heart failure patients following overwhelming support from a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee.
Harbour BioMed (HBM) announced with Utrecht University on Monday that they have licensed their fully human SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody, 47D11, and its program to AbbVie.
The deal has been approved by both companies’ boards and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.
It was an unusually busy week for clinical trial updates, largely because of the annual ASH meeting from Sunday December 5 through Wednesday December 9. There were also other meetings and the usual corporate updates.
Topline results from the Phase III SURPASS-1 trial show that a 40-week treatment with Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide led to significant reductions in A1c and body weight in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Hope for Pneumococcal Pneumonia Patients as FDA Grants Priority Review of Pfizer’s Vaccine Candidate
Pfizer is one step closer to receiving approval for its 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (20vPnC) candidate after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday granted priority review of a Biologics License Application (BLA) for the invasive disease and pneumonia vaccine.
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition began December 5, and there were numerous presentations, abstracts and posters. Here’s a look at some of the stories out of the first day.
As if attempting to steal hard-won research wasn’t bad enough, hackers are now hitting people where it really hurts – with e-documents containing malicious code embedded in false offers of employment.