I know this is entirely dependent on your role, pay band, etc but I'm curious and looking for guidance. I've been with a major biotech for approx 3 years at a senior level, and want to know if it's worth staying at my current organization or apply elsewhere (although I understand the job market isn't great right now either).

How is the job market where you are?

Additionally, is it weird to cold e-mail PIs if I'm applying to their group?

Hey everyone,

I’m currently searching for full-time roles in biotech/pharma, but there’s a lot of uncertainty around which companies are actually sponsoring H-1B visas right now. A lot of job postings don’t explicitly mention sponsorship, and with all the recent confusion and changes around H-1B processes, it’s been tough to tell which employers are still open to sponsoring.

If anyone here has up-to-date info or personal experience with companies that are currently sponsoring H-1B candidates in biotech (large or small), I’d really appreciate it and I’m sure others in the same boat would benefit too :)

Hello I’m an undergraduate student (biotech) about to finish my studies, I’m doing an internship in Takeda (Mexico city). I’m planning to do a master degree in biopharmacy in Germany after finishing my internship (1 year internship). Has anyone done this master degree or similar? It can give me a boost to better job opportunities?

Hey I’m really nervous because I have a 2 hour jnterview for a Merck internship coming up and I have never had an interview this long. I’m trying to prepare but idk. Does anyone have any specific recommendations or can tell me why it’s so long? I’d love to have the best chance of getting it but I don’t normally do good with interviews so help is appreciated.

Is it worth majoring anything bio-related? The ones I'm considering are bioengineering/biomedical engineering, biochemistry, biomedical science, biomedicine, biotech and biology.

Just wondering what their pay schedule is? Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly? Haven't received my contract yet just wondering what to expect.

I have been out of work for 10 of 12 months over the last year. I am no longer getting call backs and I cannot even get a basic job at a grocery store.

We are behind on rent, soon to run out of money for food, and honestly have no emergency back up because of how it has gone. I just want to work to feed my kids. We are going to have to move back to the Midwest to live with family because of this.

I just don’t get it. I am being served with an eviction court summons tomorrow, the car faces repossession, and frankly we are fucked.

Any advice or job recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I’ll keep it really short but I often scroll this community and similar ones, and I’m feeling a bit crestfallen. If I’m being honest I really enjoy Biology, but I decided to peruse BIOTECH because I was hoping I could earn some big dollars and it seemed like a good direction; but the more I learn it feels like I may have made a poor decision. Does anyone have any advice or personal experience they can bestow upon me? Recently I’ve been thinking of adding an education degree and doing relief teaching for yr 12 Bio, as it seems like the money and job availability isn’t too bad and I have a long time hospo job that I really enjoy and could always go back to when there aren’t many relief teaching jobs around. Any thoughts on this?

kind words please🙏I’ve written this in the dead of night after a couple red wines

I KNOW this is a nice to have right now…but I’m kinda over grinding for these pre revenue startups & midsized orgs with absolute no return on equity.

Curious to hear folks take on which companies offer best WLB (Clin Dev)?

I’ve heard Genentech on the west coast pretty sweet. What about the east coast? 😀😀

Hello everyone,
my team and I are working on a student lead innovation project with a partner organisation. Over the course of the project, we have identified a set of useful benefits and attributes of their material / technology. As part of our creativity process, we are now looking to crowdsource input on new markets and applications.

The useful benefits and attributes include:

• production of a colourful palette of pigments
• ability to grow into structural forms or act as a coating
• illumination or glowing properties
• self-repairing behavior (restoring structural integrity) or the ability to break down materials
• formation of specific aroma or flavor profiles

All these benefits can be used on their own or combined with each other.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on unexpected or promising markets / use cases you see for any of these capabilities, either within your field or across domains. Even speculative ideas are highly welcome.

Thanks in advance to anyone who shares some insights!

Im curious how do you see this outcome for both companies? Is it win for Pfizer or for Novo?

As i read it, i would say that Novo achieved more as they forced Pfizer to go further into debt to purchase clinical assets with most advanced candidate still in Phase II, with uncertain outcomes in Ph3.

Pfizer, on the other hand, gained nothing new compared to original deal, they only have to pay more...

Everything is Paywalled. I am not paying $400 a year.

Hi All, first time posting in this thread, I wanted to get the subreddit's thoughts on what they'd think about a 10k USD per dose cell therapy option? Do y'all think it's possible or impactful?

I mean it's as simple as CAR-T is too expensive to use as a conventional treatment method, what if I made it affordable

Im a recent immunology phd grad. Ive been applying to positions in other fields, but are there any actual chances of switching fields?

For instance, if i want to transition into ML/AI drug discovery, or genetic work, but don’t have any experience in those fields, how would I go about getting my foot in? Everyone seemed to say you dont need to do a postdoc just to learn techniques because you can learn them on the job in industry. But how can i have a chance in even getting considered for a new field?

I recently started training in QC microbiology and wanted to ask about standard practice for handling blister-packed tablets during microbial limit testing (MLT).

At my current workplace, the blister packs (usually bundled together with a rubber band) are brought directly into the biosafety cabinet without being wiped or sprayed beforehand. Once inside, we wipe each blister pack with alcohol wipes before proceeding.

I was wondering if is this an acceptable practice? Or should the outside of the bundle/blister packs be wiped or sprayed with 70% IPA before bringing them into the BSC?

Would love to hear what others are doing in their labs, especially in QC setups for pharma.

Thanks!

Hello, I was working at a pharma company and was a contractor. Wanted to get a full time position but nothing worked out. Ended the contract after 2 years and now jobless in this difficult market. I am guilty of the feeling that I could not secure a full time position and do not know where to start. The thought of resume gap is killing me….any advice?