News: Op-Ed: Pharma Layoffs & Small-Minded Survivors

As pipelines shrink and investors demand better yields, the downsizing has caused tens of thousands of pharma employees to lose their jobs over the past several years. These severe cutbacks, however, may yet take their toll on the pharmaceutical industry in another, more pernicious way. In the view of Dan Hoffman, big drugmakers are now left with too many people who are politically savvy and more interested in ‘playing it safe.’