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Moderna Norwood MA 2m11s of video — In Norwood, MA, Moderna has committed to adding 155 employees to its manufacturing site there, in return for $2.3 million in tax incentives from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. Moderna’s workforce has more than doubled over the past year, from 830 to 1,500 as of March this year, according to the company—and to 1,758, according to a report from Massachusetts life-sciences industry group MassBio. [Moderna]

Now Hiring: COVID-19, VC Surge Fuels Biotech Job Gains in Massachusetts and California

Industry groups in states with the two largest biopharma clusters report growing workforces along with business activity

By Alex Philippidis

October 15, 2021

In Norwood, MA, Moderna has committed to adding 155 employees to its manufacturing site there, in return for $2.3 million in tax incentives from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. Moderna’s workforce has more than doubled over the past year, from 830 to 1,500 as of March this year, according to the company—and to 1,758, according to a report from Massachusetts life-sciences industry group MassBio. [Moderna]

Massachusetts saw its biophama workforce grow in 2020 by 5% or 4,324 jobs, life sciences group Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) reported, while in California, life sciences employment grew 0.5% from a year earlier to 488,665 direct jobs, according to the statewide life sciences group Biocom California . . .