Regulatory Landscape Newsletter – May 2026

This is our Regulatory Landscape newsletter for May 2026 with our monthly insights on the evolving market for Regulatory professionals.   

For the month of April, there were 109 new Regulatory positions posted at smaller and mid-sized biopharma companies in the US. This is down 6% from March but up almost 40% from last April. 

55% of these new positions were in Clinical Regulatory Strategy and 20% were in CMC Regulatory, 11% in Regulatory Operations, and 14% were in Advertising, Promotions & Labeling. Roughly 47% of all new April Regulatory roles were at Director level and above.  There were 13 new Regulatory VP/SVP positions posted in April. 

50% of the new Regulatory positions in April were listed as Onsite, 30% were posted as Remote and 20% were Hybrid (remote and onsite).  22% of the April Regulatory positions were in California, 37% were in Massachusetts, and 22% were in the NJ/NY/PA area. 

There were layoffs announced at just three biopharma companies in April.

We are currently working on the following searches for our clients:


   –  Regulatory Strategy Director – Boston Area
   –  Labeling Strategy Principal – Remote
   –  Advertising & Promotions Principal – Remote

And we recently helped to fill the following positions for our clients:


   –  SVP Global Regulatory Affairs – SF Bay Area
   –  Vice President Regulatory Affairs – Boston Area
   –  Senior Regulatory Consultant – Remote 

Please consider us for your Regulatory hiring or let us know if you are considering a career change soon.