After All The Layoffs, Is Biopharma’s Headcount Still Growing?

Sector’s Recruitment Data Is Hard To Pin Down

While biotech layoffs and big pharma restructuring dominate the news in 2023, the sector’s job market remains buoyant.

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Is biopharma's headcount still growing? • Source: Shutterstock

More than halfway through the biopharma year, there is no question that 2023 has proven very difficult for many early stage biotech companies, due to heavy ‘right sizing,’ job losses and even company closures.

But despite the constant drip-feed of biotech redundancies and big pharma restructuring, the sector as a whole is thriving, with...

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