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Hello! Hope you had a peaceful holiday. Back to biotech, we discuss the tough job market, delight in some exciting early developments in CAR-T and CRISPR, and see further validation for the blockbuster anti-inflammatory drug Dupixent.
The biotech job market is not in good shape
If you’re in the market for a job in biotech right now, good luck. The industry experienced a heady “sugar high” in 2021, when a strong candidate might field multiple offers at any given time. But the subsequent industry crash has made it difficult for both public and private companies to raise money. Hundreds of companies have downsized, merged, or simply gone out of business. And bioscience job postings have dropped from about 19,000 in February 2022 to 10,000 in October 2023.
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