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Layoffs at Pfizer

Layoff events
15
verified and sourced
Roles reported
At least 1,543
events with no figure are not in this number
Announced between
Feb 2023 to Dec 2025
Reported by
Fierce Pharma, Washington Employment Security Department, California Employment Development Department, Fierce Biotech, and BioSpace

This page records what we could verify and source. It is not a complete record of every job cut at Pfizer: 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
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer confirmed workforce reductions in Switzerland as part of its global cost-saving program; reporting said the Swiss workforce was expected to fall from about 300 to roughly 70.

 Not known Not known Switzerland
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer filed a Washington WARN notice affecting 100 employees at the former Seagen operation in Bothell.

 100 Not known Former Seagen campus, Bothell, United States
2 sources for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer filed a California WARN notice for 56 permanent layoffs at its San Diego research operation, effective June 2.

 56 Not known 10555 Science Center Drive, San Diego, United States
2 sources for Pfizer
Pfizer
Pipeline setback

Pfizer eliminated another 75 positions at its Sanford, North Carolina site following the earlier Duchenne gene-therapy setback and July reduction.

 75 Not known Sanford, North Carolina site, Sanford, United States
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer laid off 80 professional and salaried employees at its McPherson, Kansas manufacturing plant while leaving production roles unaffected.

 80 Not known McPherson, Kansas manufacturing plant, McPherson, United States
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer announced proposed manufacturing workforce reductions across three Irish sites, with reporting describing up to 210 positions potentially affected.

 Not known Not known Grange Castle, Ringaskiddy and Newbridge, Ireland
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Pipeline setback

Pfizer announced 150 layoffs at its Sanford, North Carolina site following a high-profile Phase 3 setback in Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy.

 150 Not known Sanford gene-therapy site, Sanford, United States
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer announced 60 layoffs at its Rocky Mount, North Carolina sterile injectables facility.

 60 Not known Rocky Mount sterile injectables facility, Rocky Mount, United States
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Merger or acquisition

Pfizer proposed eliminating 74 positions at Seagen's European headquarters in Switzerland after acquiring the biotech, with additional employees potentially affected if transfers were unavailable.

 74 Not known Seagen European headquarters, Switzerland
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Site closure

Pfizer announced closure of a Boulder, Colorado research facility, resulting in an undisclosed number of job losses.

 Not known Not known Boulder, Colorado research facility, Boulder, United States
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer disclosed 52 layoffs at a South San Francisco facility in a California WARN filing.

 52 Not known South San Francisco facility, South San Francisco, United States
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer disclosed 285 layoffs at its Pearl River, New York vaccine R&D site, beginning in February and concluding by March 25.

 285 Not known Pearl River, New York R&D site, Pearl River, United States
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer announced approximately 500 job cuts at its Sandwich, U.K. site as part of its enterprise-wide cost realignment.

 500 Not known Sandwich small-molecule site, Sandwich, United Kingdom
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Site closure

Pfizer disclosed a WARN affecting 791 positions at its Peapack, New Jersey facility ahead of the site's closure, but said the vast majority of workers would be reassigned to New York.

 Not known Not known Peapack, New Jersey facility, Peapack, United States
1 source for Pfizer
Pfizer
Restructuring

Pfizer disclosed a phased workforce reduction affecting 111 employees at its La Jolla research site, beginning March 27.

 111 Not known La Jolla research site, La Jolla, United States
1 source for Pfizer

Where this comes from

Every cut listed for Pfizer 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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