Charles River Lays Off 115 in Quebec
Wade Roush10/17/09
Wilmington, MA-based Charles River Laboratories (NYSE: CRL) has eliminated 115 positions at subsidiary CTBR Bio-Research in Senneville, Quebec, according to an article yesterday in the Montreal Gazette. A spokesperson quoted in the article attributed the cuts to the postponement of contract clinical research and development projects by the company’s pharmaceutical-industry clients. It’s not Charles River’s first round of layoffs since the recession began—the company cut about 3 percent of its global workforce back in February. We’ve updated the Boston Tech Layoff Tracker with the newest information.
Wade Roush is Xconomy's chief correspondent and editor of Xconomy San Francisco. You can e-mail him at wroush@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/wroush.
