The trend of staff redundancies and company down-sizing is prevalent in most if not all established life science ecosystems as reported in the recent “Biotech layoffs in 2025: The Labiotech tracker”. One Nucleus members are far from immune to this phenomenon being experienced of course and we see numerous examples of member employees finding themselves back in the jobs market.
Asymchem has announced a significant expansion of its flow chemistry capabilities at its Sandwich, UK facility.
SANDWICH, UNITED KINGDOM, August 2025 - Asymchem, a global leader in contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) solutions, has announced a significant expansion of its flow chemistry capabilities at Discovery Park, in Sandwich, UK. This milestone marks the first deployment of Asymchem’s proprietary and CE marking flow equipment in the Western market that further strengthens the company’s position in the adoption of advanced flow chemistry technologies.
There is no doubt that the current financing landscape and resultant company restructures or closures are having a significant impact on those individuals involved. It is not just financing, or lack of, that causes such staff turnover, of course. Business growth can lead to new skills and capacities being prioritised; deal-making such as M&A can equally force change, as indeed can personal circumstances. The reasons a life science company employee can find themselves between jobs can be varied and for negative impacts as well as positive choices.
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Sandwich, UK - 26 August 2025: Discovery Park, Kent’s leading hub for science and technology, today announced the arrival of two pioneering biotech companies to its innovation campus. iLoF (Intelligent Lab on Fiber), a digital health company and MilaK, a precision fermentation protein business, have now moved into their new laboratory space in Sandwich, Kent.
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