Pfizer to cut R&D jobs in Boulder

BOULDER — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) is laying off an unspecified number of workers in its Boulder research and development operation.

The pharmaceutical giant tipped its hand with a letter to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment this week indicating that it “will conduct employee separations at the Pfizer research facility located at 3200 Walnut St.” The letter, sent to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act coordinator, said the layoffs would be “permanent,” but as of Thursday afternoon, Pfizer had not told the state nor BizWest how many workers would be impacted. 

None of the impacted workers are represented by…