Bay Area's Biotech Talent Crisis Puts Job Seekers in the Driver's Seat

Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS incubator in San Francisco recently convened a meeting of biopharma industry executives. One of the hot topics for one of the panels was the competition for talent.

“The talent shortage is acute,” said Fred Kohler, vice president of people for GRAIL, a company focused on liquid biopsies for early screening of cancer.