Lonza plots more than 200 layoffs at clinical manufacturing site in California

Just a few months after Lonza unveiled hundreds of new hires, the Swiss CDMO juggernaut is telegraphing nearly as many layoffs in California.

Lonza is axing 218 jobs at its site in Hayward, California, according to a new Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) alert. The 120,000-square-foot site focuses on clinical production of biotherapeutics, bioreagents and biomaterials, according to Lonza.