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Bristol-Myers Plans Amylin Site Closure

by Michael McCoy
April 8, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 14

Eight months after completing its acquisition of the diabetes drug firm Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb is closing the company’s San Diego headquarters. The facility employs about 420 people in R&D, manufacturing, commercial, and administrative roles. Some employees will be offered opportunities to relocate to other facilities, BMS says. The closure is the second recently by a big pharma firm in San Diego. In February, Pfizer shuttered its CovX research unit, which focused on peptide therapeutics development.

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