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Layoffs at Kezar Life Sciences

Layoff events
2
verified and sourced
Roles reported
At least 31
events with no figure are not in this number
Announced between
Oct 2023 to Oct 2025
Reported by
Fierce Biotech, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and Kezar Life Sciences

This page records what we could verify and source. It is not a complete record of every job cut at Kezar Life Sciences: a layoff nobody published and nobody sent us is a layoff that is not on this page.

Layoff events on record, with what we know of each and where we read it.
Company What happened Roles reported Share of staff Where Announced Sources
Kezar Life Sciences
Pipeline setback

Kezar Life Sciences moved toward a major workforce reduction after failing to align with the FDA on a registrational path for zetomipzomib; the subsequently implemented plan cut approximately 31 employees.

31 Not known Company-wide
3 sources for Kezar Life Sciences
Kezar Life Sciences
Restructuring

Kezar Life Sciences announced a 41% workforce reduction and pipeline restructuring to extend its cash runway.

Not known 41% South San Francisco, United States
1 source for Kezar Life Sciences

Where this comes from

Every cut listed for Kezar Life Sciences was entered by a person who checked it against a filing or a named report. Nothing is scraped and nothing publishes itself. What is not here is what we have not verified, not what did not happen.

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