The first quarter of 2013 showed overall higher levels of demand for Life Sciences talent globally as the ZRG Index edged up to 82.8, an 8% increase over year end levels. New job opportunities increased broadly across Europe and the Americas, while the number of opportunities in the Asia Pacific region fell 23% in the quarter.

What’s Hot?

• Europe, Middle East and Africa jumped 30% in the quarter
• Job opportunities in Regulatory / Quality and Clinical were up substantially with an 80% increase in demand
• Medical Device and Diagnostics sectors showed the biggest increase in demand with a 10% rise in opportunity/li>

What’s Not?

• The APAC region cooled in Q1 with overall hiring decreasing by 23% in the quarter
• Outsourcing and Services sector showed clear pessimism reflected in the level of hiring
• Research and Development related jobs dropped across the globe

Regional Hiring Trends By Quarter

Companies have re-engaged efforts in a big way to fill open positions. Commenting on the change of direction, ZRG’s European President and Global Practice Head of Life Sciences Adam El Din related, “Our clients continue to have broad needs that seem to never catch up to the headcount in place. With a competitive market for talent and more demand than supply, the fight for talent continues across all levels with our client organizations.”

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After four straight quarters of moderate growth in hiring demand, the ZRG Global Life Sciences Hiring index posted a 12.1% decrease, ending the quarter at 77.2%. This appears to be a repeat of 2011 trends, when the second quarter numbers were the highest, followed by end of the year hiring austerity driving down new job opportunities in the third quarter.

Functions

Manufacturing talent is enjoying a renaissance of sorts in the life sciences area grabbing the top growth spot for sought after talent, surging 63% this quarter and compiling a strong and steady increase cumulatively over the past 2 quarters.

Abruptly reversing course with a 44% decrease, corporate office roles in IT/Finance and General areas stalled across sectors and regions, perhaps reflecting the broader hiring slowdown indicated in the overall GLSI index number. Looking inside the hiring slowdown in IT/Finance and General category, the America’s had the biggest drag on the global number with a 50% decrease. In real job numbers from our index companies, over 1500 less jobs were available in Q3 compared to Q2 in this function.

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Europe posts significant increase in hiring demand pulling up the index figures.

Overall global hiring within the ZRG Life Science Index was up 11.1% from the first quarter, finishing at 87.8, the second highest level over the last 9 quarters. Demand for new employees in Europe drove the index up globally as EMEA reported a 34% increase in hiring levels overall. Medical device and diagnostics accounted for much of the growth, with over 1,300 new jobs sited in our index companies alone.

Click here to view: Q2 2012 Global Life Science Hiring Index

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Global hiring within the ZRG Life Sciences Index was up 11.1% from the first quarter, finishing at 87.8, the second highest level over the last 9 quarters. Demand for new employees in Europe drove the index up globally as EMEA reported a 34% increase in hiring levels overall. Medical device and diagnostics accounted for much of the growth, with over 1,300 new jobs sited in our index companies alone.

What’s Hot

• Europe is hiring! The EMEA numbers are showing a new all-time high mark for total demand
• Medical Device and Diagnostics is rebounding with a 22.8% increase in job opportunities around the world
• Hiring for sales talent has returned with a 40% increase in sales talent opportunities within the index companies
• Manufacturing roles jumped 100% in the quarter reflecting the trend of geographic shifts in where product is made around the world

What’s Not

• Demand in Asia Pacific dropped by 11% in the quarter, perhaps reflecting a slowing growth rate
• Quality, Regulatory and Clinical jobs dropped 16% from last quarter, although the total number of roles still remains robust
• Research and Development Roles dipped 11%
• Private Equity Investment in the sector is still off 50% from last year’s levels

While EMEA was the regional story, with a broad increase in hiring across medical device and pharma, one juggernaut is leading the charge. Novartis had a large increase in “job share” in this quarter’s index, with increased activities across all functions and regions in EMEA. Driving hiring in the medical device and diagnostics in EMEA was the big three led by Siemens, Philips and GE Medical. The America’s showed growth of 8% in new and open jobs in the quarter while APAC retreated 11.5%.

About ZRG Partners
ZRG Partners, Inc. is a global authority on talent management issues in the Life Science, Pharmaceutical and Medical markets. ZRG provides its clients with specialized global market expertise in executive recruitment, consulting and advisory work with a focus on data and analytics to drive great business decisions.

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• Biotechnology
• Pharmaceuticals
• Outsourced Services
• Healthcare Services/Hospitals
• Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Global Life Sciences Brochure

ZRG also publishes the Global Life Sciences Hiring Index, which tracks trends and changes in talent hiring across several key healthcare and life sciences sectors all around the world. Our Hiring Index utilizes a proprietary algorithm that looks at confidential hiring within selected benchmark companies in three distinct segments: Life Sciences / Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices and Supply, and Outsourcing and Services.

Westborough, MA May 2, 2012

ZRG Partners, a fast growing leader in executive search and talent management in the Life Science market has announced a major expansion of the team in Europe.

Joining the ZRG team in Europe, Adam El Din, based on the Geneva, Switzerland area will be the European President. Adam brings 30+ years of Life Science industry and search experience to ZRG. Adam will also operate as the new global head of life sciences for ZRG. Graham Johnson will also open ZRG’s Basel, Switzerland offices and join ZRG as a Managing Director with a focus on life sciences and Agribusiness/chemicals. Graham also brings 20+ years of industry experience and history with a global executive search firm to ZRG Partners. Rounding out the senior team in Europe, Lydia van der Meulen will be opening ZRG’s offices in the Netherlands where she will focus on serving global clients with search needs in the Benelux region in both Life Sciences and Agribusiness/Chemicals. Lydia has been serving executive search clients in the UK and Benelux for 15 years.

Joining the support team that will drive execution of key client projects, Fiorella Seiler PHD and Christian Moll will operate in the Dusseldorf, Germany area, joining existing Managing Director, Stephan Breitfeld in Germany. Patricia Durieux PHD and Helene Johnson join the firm’s Basel offices with Roberta Reis working in the Geneva offices. Marlies LaCroix will support the firm’s clients in the Benelux area.

Larry Hartmann, Managing Partner of ZRG related, “We completed searches in 30 countries in 2011 but we felt we needed to increase our feet on the street in Europe. Our global clients value our tools and analytics that support critical hiring in Europe where the cost of a poor hire is more expensive than in other parts of the world. The team we have hired has a long history of successful operations together and we are looking forward to growing our business worldwide with the addition of this team”.

Adam El Din, President of ZRG Europe SARL reported, “Combining our successful relationships and market knowledge with ZRG’s tools and global footprint creates a valuable combination that can truly serve clients like no other executive search and talent management firm. Our ability to effectively serve our global clients with coverage in all of the key markets will allow us to continue to service the markets we support”.

ZRG Partners is a global authority on talent management issues in the Life Sciences, Agribusiness, Chemicals, Financial Services and Private Equity backed markets. ZRG provides its clients with specialized market expertise in executive recruitment, consulting and advisory work with a focus on data and analytics to drive great business decisions. ZRG is also the publisher of the Global Life Science Hiring index, which tracks hiring trends around the world in various life science segments and job functions globally.

For more information, contact Larry Hartmann, at 201-560-9900 x 222 or
lhartmann@zrgpartners.com www.zrgpartners.com

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Reduced hiring levels in Outsourcing and Services sector offset by modest gains in Pharma/Biotech and Medical Device

Overall global hiring within the ZRG Life Science Index was up 3.7% for the quarter, finishing at a 79.1 level, the second highest level over the last 8 quarters. Pharma had its highest hiring level in the history of the index (Q2 2010) while the Medical Device sector reversed on two straight quarters of declines by posting a 6.8% rise in hiring. Outsourcing and Services was the only sector with a quarterly decline in hiring activity but remained at near a 3 year high.

Click here to view: Q1 2012 Global Life Science Hiring Index

Robust Private Equity Activity in Q4 could be significant factor in hiring in 2012

After a sizable drop in third quarter hiring, the ZRG Partners Global Life Science hiring index returned to growth, ending the year at a 76.11 mark. The year was a stable growth year in overall hiring with an average increase of 14% year over year. The second quarter this year, when the index shows a 17% increase, was the only period where hiring deviated from rather steady levels. However, this elevated level was short-lived as the end of the year numbers returned to a more stable figure.

Q4 2011 Global Life Sciences HI

Our Life Sciences/Healthcare Services practice focuses on five segments. ZRG supports our clients globally in these areas, fulfilling commercial, operations, research and development needs:

• Biotechnology
• Pharmaceuticals
• Healthcare Services/Hospitals
• Medical Services and Outsourcing
• Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Life Sciences and Healthcare Services Brochure