Am­gen is shak­ing up R&D (again), chop­ping 200 as Genen­tech tar­gets 130 lay­offs

Two biotech gi­ants — Am­gen and Genen­tech — are lay­ing off a com­bined 330 peo­ple at Cal­i­for­nia fa­cil­i­ties, both cit­ing “or­ga­ni­za­tion­al changes” as the pri­ma­ry rea­son for the cuts.

Am­gen is shak­ing up its R&D de­part­ment, elim­i­nat­ing 200 po­si­tions at its Thou­sand Oaks, CA and South San Fran­cis­co fa­cil­i­ties by the end of this year, STAT re­port­ed Sat­ur­day. An Am­gen spokesper­son tells me the com­pa­ny is mak­ing or­ga­ni­za­tion­al changes across the globe in re­gards to its R&D de­part­ments. This round of lay­offs, how­ev­er, most­ly im­pacts fa­cil­i­ties in Cal­i­for­nia.

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