28
Sep
Posted by: Career Staff / Category:
Job Openings,
Pharmaceutical/Biotech
BioSpace has announced that registration is open for their fall career fairs for individuals desiring a science or research job. The career fairs are an opportunity to meet with leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies that are hiring.
Upcoming Career Fairs
- October 18, 2010 BioCapital Bethesda, MD
- October 18, 2010 Biotech Bay Burlingame, CA
- November 1, 2010 Genetown Cambridge, MA
- November, 8, 2010 BioSpace 2010 Philadelphia, PA
- November8, 2010 DeviceSpace Irvine, CA
Companies attending the career fairs are looking for candidates for many different disciplines within the industry. Positions include pharmaceutical sales representatives, marketing jobs, engineering jobs, technical jobs, regulatory jobs and positions in QA/QC, manufacturing positions, and clinical research jobs.
Technorati Tags: BioSpace, Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Clinical research, job fair, Job Openings, job opportunities, job search, pharmaceuticals
24
Sep
Posted by: Career Staff / Category:
Pharmaceutical/Biotech
Despite the recession supposedly being over, jobs continue to be cut and unemployment continues to rise. Just this week, two major pharmaceutical companies announced job cuts.
Abbott Laboratories has announced a restructuring inspired by its merger with Solvay, which will lead to a 3% employee reduction based on the company’s total workforce. All in all, Abbott Laboratories will cut 3,000 jobs, mostly in its research and development and primarily in Europe at the former Solvay Pharmaceutical sites in the Netherlands and Germany. Layoffs are also planned for sales, manufacturing, and in the corporate ranks. Additionally, Solvay’s current US headquarters in Marietta, Georgia will be closed in the near future.
Bristol-Myers Squibb also announced that it will cut 3% of its global workforce–a total of roughly 840 jobs–during the next six months.
Lastly, Alnylam reported that it ”will effect a corporate restructuring” with an approximate 25% to 30% reduction in overall workforce. These job cuts come after Alnylam’s partner Novartis said it was ending a five-year research partnership focused on gene silencing drugs.
While the above reports make the industry look dismal for job placement, don’t fret too much. There are still career opportunities available in the industry.
Technorati Tags: Abbott Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb, job, Novartis, pharma, Pharmaceutical/Biotech, Solvay
14
Sep
Posted by: Career Staff / Category:
Career Resource Center,
Pharmaceutical/Biotech
-
A great article was released recently from FierceBiotech highlighting several women that have excelled in biotech careers. The article, “Top Ten Women in Biotech” highlights ten women, but notes that there were so many outstanding women in biotechnology that it was hard to choose the top ten, despite the field being thought to be dominated by men.
The top ten women include:
- Katrine Bosley, CEO of Avila Therapeutics
- Susan Desmond-Hellmann,Chancellor of UC San Francisco
- Deborah Dunsire, President and CEO of Millennium Pharmaceuticals
- Carol Gallagher, CEO of Calistoga Pharmaceuticals
- Melinda Gates, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Maxine Gowen, President and CEO of Trevena
- Rachel King, CEO of Glycomimetics
- Tina Nova, Co-Founder and CEO of Genoptix
- Gail Schulze, CEO and Executive Chair of the Board at Zosano
- Daphne Zohar, Founder and Managing Partner of PureTech Ventures
The article describes each woman’s profile of how they got to their current position. Each woman then answers two questions:
- What do you think has contributed to your success in this industry?
-
What advice would you give to women just starting out in biotech?
The answers to these questions are great advice for anyone, no matter your sex, looking to get into the biotech field and is recommended for your reading.
Technorati Tags: biotech job, Biotechnology, Career Advice, FierceBiotech, Women
08
Sep
Posted by: Career Staff / Category:
Job Openings
Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering positions now available at Genzyme – Allston Landing Facility
Allston Landing is Genzyme’s largest protein manufacturing facility, with 12,000 liters of perfusion capacity. Example drugs that have been manufactured at the facility include Cerezyme and Fabrazyme.
Genzyme has been having substantial growth in manufacturing, which has led to expansion of the Allston Landing Facility. Due to the expansion, Genzyme’s Allston Landing Facility has a number of exciting opportunities available in the following areas:
If you are interested in any of the openings at the Allston Landing Facility in Allston, MA, and to apply online, please click here.
Good luck!
Technorati Tags: biotech job, Business, Cambridge, Cambridge Massachusetts, consulting, Fabrazyme, Framingham Massachusetts, Genzyme, manufacturing
