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Roche To Close Former U.S. HQ

Will lay off 1,000 and shut down Nutley, NJ site

By: Gil Roth

President, Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association

Roche announced that it will close down its Nutley, NJ site by the end of 2013. The move will lead to 1,000 layoffs. The company also plans to open a Translational Clinical Research Center, but has not determined the location. The new center will employ approximately 240 people. R&D activities from Nutley will be consolidated at sites in Switzerland and Germany. In addition to these moves, Roche’s head of research and early development, Jean-Jacque Garaud, will leave the company after...

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