Biotech R&D has been uniquely Greater Boston's strength unlike any other business sector over the past 20 years. Any slip of that sector is of particular importance and bears close scrutiny.

“What is happening with chemistry in America?” queries Matthew D. Hall, a biology group leader at the US National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) in a Twitter post July 8. “We’re ...

The prospects of higher pay, regular hours, comprehensive benefits, and career growth has workers filling biotech training ...

A new report from the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, or MassBio, identified an ongoing slump in the state’s life ...

As I drove away from a biotech job fair in Burlingame last week, I half-expected to see someone by the road with a sign, "Will do lab work for food." The fair was organized by BioSpace, the biotech ...

Talented people are losing their jobs, postdoctoral researchers are seeing contracts cut short and students are rushing to finish degrees prematurely. A conference aims to counter these challenges for ...

In today’s biotech job market — where competition for people with in-demand experience is fiercer than ever — it’s become critical for biotech startups and venture capitalists to ensure people have a ...

The Mass. Life Sciences Center has unveiled its slate of companies selected for the latest round of funding. The tax breaks ...

While most of the attention has fallen on Twitter, a growing number of Bay Area tech and biotech companies are revealing plans to chop what amounts to thousands of jobs, worrying observers who fear ...

CHICAGO, March 3, 2010 - Monthly job cuts fell in February to the lowest level since 2006, as companies announced plans to reduce payrolls by only 42,090, according to the latest job-cut report ...