Workforce Of The Future Initiative Aims To Close Skills Gap In Biopharmaceutical Industry

The biopharmaceutical industry is expanding its presence on college campuses to address a shortage of workers proficient in advanced manufacturing, cell and gene therapies and combination products. Executives say that not having enough of these skilled workers keeps them up at night.

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The biopharmaceutical industry is collaborating with academia in an initiative launched last year in the hope that by teaching university classes, industry experts can help to fill a widening workforce gap in cell and gene manufacturing, continuous manufacturing and combination products.

There is a shortage of workers in these areas and more partnerships with academia are needed to address the problem,...

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