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Only seven months after its last major round of Bay Arealayoffs, biotech company Gilead Sciences is laying off 108 workers from its Redwood City offices.\u00a0<\/p>

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Last Thursday,\u00a0Gilead Sciences, best known for its COVID-19 and HIV treatments, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the California Employment Development Department. The notice covers an extensive period, as employees will lose their jobs between June 30 and April 30, 2027. The company laid off 104 Bay Area workers in November.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

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Positions in manufacturing, quality assurance, marketing\/sales and clinical development are taking the brunt of the hit. But those cuts include upper-level leadership and midlevel management positions. Twelve senior directors and 11 vice presidents are losing their jobs.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

The biotech company also\u00a0let go of 84 employees in Rockville, Maryland, according to the state\u2019s Department of Labor. And on March 27, 34 employees lost their jobs at the company\u2019s\u00a0Oceanside campus, according to a separate WARN.<\/p><\/div>

\u201cAs part of the integration following the close of the Arcellx transaction, we\u2019ve begun communicating with affected employees in accordance with required processes,\u201d Gilead Sciences spokesperson Elizabeth Baxter told SFGATE in an email. \u201cThese decisions are never taken lightly, and our focus is on supporting employees through this transition with transparency and respect.\u201d<\/p>

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On April 28, two days before filing the WARN for the Bay Area layoffs, Gilead Sciences completed its acquisition of Redwood City-headquartered biotech company Arcellx\u00a0Inc., known for its cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases. Gilead Sciences paid around $7.8 billion for its approximately 77% share of the company.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

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\u201cWith the Arcellx acquisition, our focus turns to executing with speed and discipline as we prepare to bring anito-cel to patients,\u201d Cindy Perettie, executive vice president and global head of Kite Pharma \u2014 another Gilead-owned company \u2014 said\u00a0in a statement.<\/p><\/div>

Biotech has been on a steady decline in the Bay Area and California. Following an influx of investor funding during the pandemic, the industry over the past few years has been racked with mass layoffs, slashed drug pipelines and bankruptcies, as SFGATE has previously reported. Pfizer, which developed a COVID-19 vaccine, abandoned its South San Francisco office.<\/p><\/div>

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