Job Trends

Several employees at three biopharma firms are not having a very good week, as Zealand Pharma, Merck and Orchard Therapeutics all announced job cuts.
Labor Market Reports
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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In the lead-up to the ASCO Annual Meeting, companies were presenting some of their trial data, while other companies were presenting news related to COVID-19 studies. Here’s a look.
Ironwood and AbbVie said a Phase II trial assessing the drug candidate MD-7246, a delayed-release formulation of Linzess, did not meet its primary or key secondary endpoints.
FDA
Tauvid is the first and only approved diagnostic agent for imaging tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in the brain.
After four years as head of Sanofi’s vaccines division, David Loew is departing the pharma giant to take on a new role – chief executive officer of Paris-based Ipsen, effective July 1.
Numerous biopharmaceutical companies and researchers are presenting research and clinical trial results, and many have been announcing their plans for several weeks.
FDA
Bristol Myers Squibb is doing its best to claim market share in the checkpoint inhibitor space and over the past month, the company is pushing its way forward with a pair of regulatory approvals in lung cancer.
FDA
To date, Dupixent is the only biologic approved for this age group.
Non-COVID-19 clinical trial updates are outweighing COVID-19 studies, particularly with the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting coming up soon. Here’s a look.
Roche hopes to advance the development of its own nanopore sequencer, which would use a new approach combining electronic and biological components to sequence DNA quickly and at low cost.
The U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) paid more than $1 billion to support the development, production and delivery of the vaccine beginning this fall.