California drug company ImmunityBio cuts jobs at Louisville office

LOUISVILLE — ImmunityBio Inc. (Nasdaq: IBRX), a struggling California-based drug company that develops therapies to fight cancers and infectious diseases, is laying off 13 workers in its Louisville satellite office.

Jobs being cut include scientists, engineers, numerous administrative roles, heating and air-conditioning technicians, executive director of enterprise programming, senior managers of  various departments and a vice president of financial planning, according to a letter provided by ImmunityBio to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act manager. The letter lists the total number of impacted roles at 48, but could include workers at other ImmunityBio locations.

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