Regulatory Landscape Newsletter – September 2025

This is our Regulatory Landscape newsletter for September 2025 with our monthly insights on the evolving market for Regulatory professionals.   

For the month of August there were 82 new Regulatory positions posted at smaller and mid-sized biopharma companies in the US. This is up 6% from July but down 11% from last August.

56% of these new positions were in Clinical Regulatory Strategy and 15% were in CMC Regulatory, 16% were in Advertising, Promotions & Labeling, and 11% in Regulatory Operations.  Roughly 41% of these roles were at Director level and above.  There were 10 new Regulatory VP/SVP positions posted in August, the highest we have seen so far this year.

56% of the new Regulatory positions in August were listed as Onsite, 24% were posted as Remote and 20% were Hybrid (remote/onsite).  31% of the August Regulatory positions were in California, 17% were in Massachusetts, and 32% were in the NJ/NY/PA area. 

There were layoffs announced at 26 biopharma companies in August.

We recently helped to fill the following roles for our clients:

  • Regulatory Affairs Associate Director – San Diego 
  • Regulatory Affairs Director – Remote     

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