Infinity cuts 20% of workforce as it refocuses on PI3K and retaspimycin
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Executive Summary
Infinity Pharmaceuticals revealed in its second quarter 2012 financial report that it cut 20% of its workforce - 40 employees at the company's Cambridge, Massachusetts headquarters - after shutting down its Hedgehog pathway programme and renegotiating its partnership with Mundipharma International.
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