Basel, Switzerland-based Lonza Group, a pharmaceutical Contract drug development and manufacturing company, has announced the closure of its 120,000-square-foot Hayward, California manufacturing facility it purchased in 2017.
The closure will impact 218 employees, including positions in management, human resources, engineering and technical services, environment, health and safety, finance, microbiology, manufacturing, science and technology, and quality control. .
According to a company spokesperson, "Lonza is preparing to decommission the mammalian clinical manufacturing facility in Hayward. The phased closure is expected to kick off in the first quarter of 2024 and conclude in the first quarter of 2025. This decision has been reached as CDMO [contract development and manufacturing organization] market demand is focused on combined and integrated clinical-commercial offerings, and the Hayward site provides limited growth opportunities beyond its clinical scope."
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