Zymeworks Cuts C-Suite In Half At Crunch Time For Pipeline
Looking To Be More Cost-Efficient
Executive Summary
New Zymeworks CEO Ken Galbraith is laying off at least 25% of the company's staff, including 50% of the senior management team, as the firm looks to advance pivotal trials of its HER2-targeted bispecific antibody zanidatamab.
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