Pharma, R&D

Scoop: Pfizer once again takes out the budget ax, lopping off 150 R&D staffers and 5 preclinical biosimilar drugs

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Pfizer is taking the ax to its preclinical R&D group for biosimilars in a move designed to end — at least for now — any new expansion of the pipeline for knockoffs.

After messages began to pop up on social media from staffers getting the ax, a Pfizer spokesperson confirmed to me that the company is cutting 150 staffers at 2 sites, in Lake Forest, IL and Chennai, India and ending development of 5 preclinical programs.

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