Alexion plots hundreds of layoffs, HQ move in sweeping corporate revamp

Fierce Pharma ------- Alexion’s new management team is rolling out an overhaul that includes cutting 20% of its staff, or up to 625 people, and moving its headquarters to Boston's biopharma hub. Previously based in New Haven, Connecticut, the biotech will close multiple manufacturing facilities and regional and country offices, according to the Tuesday announcement. Cuts will also hit the R&D organization, which already restructured once this year in moves that claimed about 200 jobs.At the end of 2016, Alexion employed 3,121 people, meaning the cuts could affect about 625 staffers. The reductions will take place over the next 12 months, executives said on a Tuesday conference call. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.