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Big things are happening in biotech and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. New investments by the government, new interest as people realize just how fragile public and individual health can be and how essential medicines and vaccines are for our daily lives The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals has published a white paper titled "Innovation of the Biomanufacturing Talent Pipeline" (authors John Balchunas, NIIMBL; Jim DeKloe, Solano College; Jenny Ligon, Texas A&M; Rob Morrison, Pfizer; Laura Rowley, North Carolina Biotechnology Center; Kathie Young, NIIMBL). This white paper tackles the question of how to grow the biomanufacturing workforce to meet the increased... Read more

The biotech industry is ramping up production. In some states, like North Carolina, companies are talking about hiring 100's of people, and maybe as many as 5000, total. On the one hand, this is great news for the industry and for biotech education programs. On the other hand, for biotech programs that graduate fewer than twenty students a year, this increased demand might prove too much of a good thing. If the community college biotech programs are unable to meet industry demand, industry might look elsewhere.

Montgomery College, in Germantown, Maryland, has found an innovative... Read more

The Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes (CSBI) released the 2018 Life Sciences Workforce Trends Report June 5, 2018 at the BIO International Convention held in Boston, Massachusetts June 4-7. The report provides a national snapshot of the current and anticipated talent needs of the nation’s dynamic life science industry.

The biotech industry continues to be a leading driver of employment across the country, providing 1.73 million jobs in 85,000 companies. In 2017, employers listed almost 264,000 postings for life science positions.

Building on the success of its three prior reports, the 2018 CSBI Workforce Trends Report identifies the... Read more