Pharmaceuticals & Biotech: jobs, conferences and layoffs
Drug developers, biotech and life sciences companies. Pharmaceuticals & Biotech has about 12,172 verified open jobs on NextChapter right now, with a typical posted salary of $175,000 a year. About 24% of openings are entry or early-career level. Payroll employment in the closest BLS sector is up 2.2% over the past year (October 2026). 48 layoff notices were filed in the last 12 months. 107 conferences are tagged to it, 76 with dates announced.
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Pharmaceuticals & Biotech market snapshot
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- Verified open jobs
- about 12,172
- Typical posted salary
- $175,000 a year (middle half $125,000 to $246,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 24% of openings
- Ask for AI skills
- 4% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- +2.2% in health care and social assistance, the closest BLS sector
- Job openings rate
- 5.8% of jobs, against 5.7% a year earlier (health care and social assistance, the closest BLS sector)
- Layoffs and discharges rate
- 0.6% of employment, against 0.8% a year earlier (health care and social assistance, the closest BLS sector)
- Hires rate
- 2.9% of employment, against 3.5% a year earlier (health care and social assistance, the closest BLS sector)
- Layoff notices, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
- 48 notices naming 4,693 workers
- States with the most notices
- NJ (17), MD (5), MA (5)
- Conferences in the catalog for Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
- 107, 76 with dates announced
- Next conference
- AIChE Annual Student Conference, Nov 6, 2026
- Median published ticket price
- $905
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,846 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter job data: AI-skill tagger on the posting text, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
See the detail →Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.
See the detail →Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.
Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.
Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.
Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.
See the detail →Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter conference catalog, checked against each event’s own site.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter conference catalog.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter conference catalog, lowest published price, 22 conferences with a price.
See the detail →Skills most often named in openings
- 1. supply chain5%
- 2. project management4%
- 3. excel3%
- 4. forecasting3%
- 5. procurement3%
- 6. logistics3%
- 7. audit2%
- 8. onboarding2%
States with the most openings
- 1. CA17%
- 2. MA14%
- 3. NJ7%
- 4. PA7%
- 5. NY6%
What Pharmaceuticals & Biotech pays
Advertised pay on live postings that state it, annual in US dollars.
- Life sciences: median $149,000, middle half $110,000 to $195,000 (2,245 postings).
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, not from our own postings. It describes the industry nationally, not any one employer.
- Employment up 2.2% over the year in health care and social assistance
- Job openings rate 5.8%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Layoffs rate 0.6%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
Where Pharmaceuticals & Biotech ranks
Where Pharmaceuticals & Biotech placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Industries with the highest posted pay$183k · of 17
Open Pharmaceuticals & Biotech jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Senior Director, Investigator Grants
Precision for Medicine · Peapack, NJ
$199k–$298k · Nov 8, 2026
- Head HRBP - Global Diagnostics
Zoetis · New Jersey
$200k–$310k · Nov 8, 2026
- Executive Director, Head of Marketing, Endocrinology
Vertex Pharmaceuticals · Boston, MA
Nov 8, 2026
- Executive Director, Clinical Development - Oncology
SystImmune · Princeton, NJ
Nov 8, 2026
- Senior Director, Medical Affairs
Edwards Lifesciences · Salt Lake City, UT
$209k–$296k · Nov 8, 2026
- Senior Director, Investor Relations
Teva Pharmaceutical · Parsippany Troy Hills, NJ
$233k–$292k · Nov 8, 2026
- Director, Medical Device Quality Assurance
Regeneron · East Greenbush, NY
$176k–$293k · Nov 8, 2026
- Director of Global Supply Chain & Logistics
Scientific Search · Farmingdale, NY
Nov 8, 2026
- Director Marketing- Gastroenterology
AbbVie · Illinois
Nov 8, 2026
- Vice President, Medical Affairs
Beacon Therapeutics (USA) · Cambridge, MA
Nov 8, 2026
- Senior Engineer, Exposure & Vulnerability Management
Recursion Pharmaceuticals · United States, Remote
$134k–$181k · Nov 7, 2026
- Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Capstan Medical · Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Senior Clinical Research Coordinator - Hematology/Oncology (Torrance)
UCLA · Torrance, California
Nov 7, 2026
- Clinical Development Medical, Associate Director
Pfizer · New York, NY, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Associate Director, Medical Affairs
Gilead Sciences · Worcester County, MD, USA
Nov 7, 2026
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Pharmaceuticals & Biotech conferences
Dates, costs, calls for speakers and who runs each one.
- AIChE Annual Student Conference
Usually November (next dates not announced) · Minneapolis, MN
Ticket $195 to $310. Student standard $195 member / $235 non-member; last-minute $220/$260 to Oct 29; onsite from $270/$310.…
- BIO-Europe
Nov 9 to Nov 11, 2026 · Cologne, DE
Paid ticket. Pricing not read; partnering delegate registration.
- AMP Annual Meeting & Expo
Nov 10 to Nov 14, 2026 · Seattle, WA
Ticket $415 to $935. In-person: regular member $545 advance, $685 standard, $745 on-site (from Oct 21); regular nonmember…
- NSGC Annual Conference
Nov 10 to Nov 14, 2026 · Baltimore, MD
Paid ticket, price not listed
- Future of Health Summit
Nov 11 to Nov 13, 2026 · Washington, DC
Free expo, paid sessions, price not listed
- Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (Neuroscience)
Nov 14 to Nov 18, 2026 · Washington, DC
Paid ticket. Registration fees not stated on the page; member discounts may apply.
- ObesityWeek
Nov 14 to Nov 17, 2026 · National Harbor, MD
Paid ticket, price not listed
- HLTH USA
Nov 15 to Nov 18, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV
Ticket About $1,500. Passes start at $1,500 for clinicians (other tiers not shown). Nov 15-18, 2026, Venetian Expo, Las Vegas.
- HBA Annual Conference
Nov 16 to Nov 18, 2026 · Houston, TX
Paid ticket. Pricing not read. HBA also lists a new FIVE Experience in New York, June 15-18, 2027.
- AI in Healthcare & Pharma Summit
Nov 17 to Nov 18, 2026 · Boston, MA
Paid ticket, price not listed
- ABRCMS (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists)
Nov 18 to Nov 21, 2026 · Seattle, WA
Ticket $595 to $700. Undergrad/postbac $595; graduate/postdoc $625; non-students $700; virtual $100 student / $125 non-student;…
Open call for speakers
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition
Dec 6 to Dec 9, 2026 · Orlando, FL
Ticket $375 to $1,415. Advance rate through Nov 6 (member full $915, non-member $1,315); regular from Nov 7 ($1,015 / $1,415).…
Open call for speakers
- ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
Dec 12 to Dec 15, 2026 · New Orleans, LA
Paid ticket, price not listed
- Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG)
Jan 8 to Jan 12, 2027 · San Diego, CA
Ticket $1,190 to $1,790. Early rates through Oct 31, 2026: $1,190 non-profit, $1,790 industry (as read from the PAG 34 site);…
Open call for speakers · deadline Nov 6, 2026
- Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit
Jan 10, 2027 · San Francisco, CA
Free
- Biotech Showcase
Jan 11 to Jan 13, 2027 · San Francisco, CA
Paid ticket. Early bird saves up to $400 by Nov 13; prices on the Registration Options page, not read. Digital Partnering Jan…
- J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Jan 11 to Jan 14, 2027 · San Francisco, CA
By invitation only. Invitation only; invitations are not transferable.
- CASSS CMC Strategy Forum North America
Jan 25, 2027 · Washington, DC
Paid ticket. Registration fees on a linked page; not read. In-person registration closes Jan 12, 2027, virtual Jan 21.
- Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC)
Jan 27 to Jan 29, 2027 · Santa Clara, CA
Paid ticket. Early-rate deadline Nov 5; prices not shown on page
- SLAS International Conference & Exhibition
Jan 30 to Feb 3, 2027 · San Diego, CA
Paid ticket. Member discount noted; fees not read.
- BIO Investment & Growth Summit (BIO CEO & Investor)
Feb 16 to Feb 17, 2027 · Miami Beach, FL
Paid ticket. Price not published; page banner and body disagree on dates.
- AAAS Annual Meeting
Feb 18 to Feb 20, 2027 · Chicago, IL
Paid ticket. Registration fees not stated on the page; member discounts may apply.
- Biocom California Global Life Science Partnering & Investor Conference
Feb 23 to Feb 25, 2027 · San Diego, CA
Paid ticket. Price not published on the events page.
- MIT Sloan Healthcare and BioInnovations Conference
Feb 25 to Feb 26, 2027 · Cambridge, MA
Paid ticket, price not listed
- SCOPE Summit for Clinical Ops Executives
Mar 1 to Mar 4, 2027 · Orlando, FL
Paid ticket. Standard pass price not published on the home page; early registration by Nov 6 saves up to $600.
- AGBT General Meeting
Mar 1 to Mar 4, 2027 · Orlando, FL
Apply to attend. Price not found; must apply and be accepted, then register.
Open call for speakers · deadline Nov 2, 2026
- Reuters Events: Pharma USA
Mar 10 to Mar 11, 2027 · Philadelphia, PA
Paid ticket. Pricing not published; interest-registration form open.
- Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference
Mar 10 to Mar 12, 2027 · Pine Mountain, GA
Free expo, paid sessions. No registration fee listed; lodging at Callaway Resort and Gardens from $209/night group rate
- MAPS Americas Annual Meeting
Mar 14 to Mar 17, 2027 · Miami, FL
Ticket $1,700 to $2,900. Full meeting (IPP / member / non-member): early bird Oct 1-Nov 20, 2026 $1,700 / $1,900 / $2,200;…
- SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
Mar 14 to Mar 17, 2027 · San Antonio, TX
Ticket $545 to $1,070. Member early-bird to nonmember final rate.
- PDA Annual Meeting (PDA Week)
Mar 15 to Mar 17, 2027 · Raleigh, NC
Paid ticket. Fees not yet published; PDA Week runs Mar 14-18 with pre-meeting events.
Open call for speakers · deadline Aug 31, 2026
- PDA Miniverse Conference
Mar 15 to Mar 17, 2027 · Raleigh, NC
Paid ticket. Registration coming soon.
Open call for speakers · deadline Feb 1, 2027
- Medidata NEXT
Mar 17 to Mar 18, 2027 · New York, NY
Paid ticket, price not listed
- STAT Breakthrough Summit East
Mar 18, 2027 · New York, NY
Paid ticket. STAT events page lists the summit (Mar 18, 2027, New York) but no ticket price or access terms; 'Request to speak'…
- ACS Spring National Meeting
Mar 21 to Mar 25, 2027 · New Orleans, LA
Paid ticket. Fees vary by ACS membership tier; 2027 prices not read.
Open call for speakers
- Life Sciences Accounting & Reporting Congress
Mar 22 to Mar 24, 2027 · Philadelphia, PA
Paid ticket. Save $500 by registering by 10/30/2026; prices not listed.
- AACR Annual Meeting
Apr 2 to Apr 7, 2027 · Orlando, FL
Ticket $905 to $2,375. In-person: active member $905 early (to Dec 7, 2026), $1,035 advance, $1,245 after Feb 12; nonmember…
Open call for speakers · deadline Nov 10, 2026
- ASBMB Annual Meeting
Apr 3 to Apr 6, 2027 · Boston, MA
Paid ticket. Registration fees not stated on the page; member discounts may apply.
- SQA Annual Meeting & Quality College
Apr 3 to Apr 7, 2027 · New Orleans, LA
Paid ticket. Fees not posted; early rates end Jan 25, 2027. Quality College Apr 3-4, meeting Apr 5-7.
Open call for speakers · deadline Sep 28, 2026
- BIO-Europe Spring
Apr 5 to Apr 7, 2027 · Lyon, FR
Paid ticket. Digital partnering follows Apr 13-14; fees not read. International flagship for US biotech BD.
- DIA Global Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management Strategies Conference
Apr 5 to Apr 7, 2027 · Baltimore, MD
Paid ticket, price not listed
- MassBio State of Possible Conference
Apr 8, 2027 · Boston, MA
Paid ticket. Ticket prices not listed yet.
- NPA Annual Conference
Apr 9 to Apr 10, 2027 · Pittsburgh, PA
Paid ticket. 2027 registration prices not yet posted.
Open call for speakers · deadline Oct 9, 2026
- ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
Apr 13 to Apr 17, 2027 · Minneapolis, MN
Ticket $660 to $1,310. Commercial/corporate rate, member early-bird to non-member late.
Open call for speakers · deadline Nov 13, 2026
- AMCP Annual Meeting
Apr 13 to Apr 16, 2027 · San Francisco, CA
Paid ticket, price not listed
- INTERPHEX
Apr 13 to Apr 15, 2027 · New York, NY
Free expo, paid sessions. Registration price not published on the home page (registration inquiry form only); page footer still…
- MPA Annual Convention & Exposition
Apr 16 to Apr 18, 2027 · Lansing, MI
Paid ticket. Prices not listed on the page.
- Asembia AXS Summit
Apr 25 to Apr 29, 2027 · Las Vegas, NV
Paid ticket. Wynn & Encore. Registration details not found.
- ACRP Meeting & Expo
Apr 27 to Apr 30, 2027 · San Diego, CA
Paid ticket. Fees not read; 2026 early-bird discount ($100 off) has expired.
- ASGCT Annual Meeting
May 3 to May 7, 2027 · Philadelphia, PA
Paid ticket. Registration opens December 2026; fees not yet posted.
- DIA Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications Forum
May 3 to May 5, 2027 · Phoenix, AZ
Ticket $1,550 to $2,325. Industry: member $1,550 early bird (to Mar 8, 2027), $1,675 standard, $1,975 late; non-member $1,900 /…
Open call for speakers · deadline Aug 26, 2026
- ISMPP Annual Meeting
May 3 to May 5, 2027 · Orlando, FL
Paid ticket. Pricing not read; homepage cites May 2-5 (likely including a pre-day).
Open call for speakers
- Veeva Commercial Summit
May 4 to May 5, 2027 · Boston, MA
Paid ticket, price not listed
- FDLI Annual Conference
May 5 to May 6, 2027 · Washington, DC
Ticket $299 to $2,699. Member/non-member: firms $2,199/$2,699, industry $1,899/$2,299, government $1,399/$1,599,…
Open call for speakers · deadline Oct 13, 2026
- Biology of Genomes (Cold Spring Harbor)
May 11 to May 15, 2027 · Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Paid ticket. Fees not shown on the meetings list; registration is required before an abstract is considered.
Open call for speakers · deadline Feb 19, 2027
- Women on Boards: Getting On and Adding Value (Harvard Chan)
May 12 to May 14, 2027 · Boston, MA
Apply to attend. $4,000 program fee; virtual kickoff May 12, on campus May 13-14; requires 10+ years of management with budget…
- Bio-IT World Conference & Expo
May 18 to May 20, 2027 · Boston, MA
Paid ticket. Super-early-bird pricing offered; amounts on the registration page, not read.
Open call for speakers
- Bio-IT World Venture, Innovation & Partnering Conference
May 18, 2027 · Boston, MA
Paid ticket. Pricing not read.
Open call for speakers
- STAT Breakthrough Summit West
May 20, 2027 · San Francisco, CA
Ticket $450 to $550. Super early access until Jan 28, 2027: General Admission $450 (in person, save $100 before next increase);…
- ISPOR Annual International Meeting
May 23 to May 26, 2027 · Denver, CO
Ticket $1,385 to $1,730. Standard rate member to non-member; one-day $655-$890.
Open call for speakers · deadline Dec 11, 2026
Showing 60 of 107 conferences, 76 with dates announced.
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