Finance Watch: The Job Cuts Keep Coming As Companies Try To Conserve Cash
Homology, ProQR Among The Latest
Executive Summary
Restructuring Updates: Homology implemented modest job cuts as it ended a gene therapy trial, while ProQR revealed its second round of layoffs this year and Synthetic Biologics shifted focus to oncolytic virus pipeline. Also, Bolt, MacroGenics and others deprioritized programs in their Q2 updates.
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