Whos Hiring in Seattle Biotech? Its Not All Layoffs, All the Time
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Novo Nordisk The Danish drugmaker, the world’s largest maker of insulin for diabetes, announced it is opening up an immunology research center in Seattle with plans to hire 80 people by 2010.Cepheid This Sunnyvale, CA-based maker of molecular diagnostic tools has built up a 30-person chemistry R&D unit in Bothell, WA over the past four years, and it is looking to grow, CEO John Bishop told me last week in an interview.The Hutch has more than 3,000 employees, so this isn’t exactly a hiring binge, and I know people there are watching to see what President-elect Barack Obama decides to do with the budget for the National Institutes of Health, the main rainmaker for scientists at the center.“In response to today’s uncertain economy, we are focused on strategic hiring opportunites in key areas that will have the greatest impact on our ability to fulfill PATH’s mission and commitment to addressing global health inequities around the world.” CMC Icos Biologics CMC Icos Biologics, a company in Bothell, WA that manufactures biotech drugs for other companies on contracts, plans to expand its factory capacity and double in size to 250 employees over the next three to four years.Seattle Biomedical Research Institute The SBRI, a nonprofit center that studies diseases of the developing world, has 10 openings posted on its web site, and is planning to fill them as part of its continued growth, says spokeswoman Lee Schoentrup in an e-mail.
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