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Genentech: Strategic Hiring
Genentech offering up to $125,000 grants to researchers for work on pharmaceutical policy and innovation topics with June 30 deadline
Source: STAT News (Pharmalot)
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening biotech & pharma executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Backdrop: a 112.9 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 11.4 on the month) with Americas activity rising (+2.5pts).
Genentech: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Biotech & Pharma median of 1 across 23 tracked companies.
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