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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Roeder

Amgen cuts Horizon Therapeutics jobs at Deerfield office after acquisition

Amgen sign outside its headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)

Pharmaceutical giant Amgen said Tuesday it will lay off 350 employees of Horizon Therapeutics, many of them based in Deerfield, less than three weeks after it completed its $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon.

The biotech company has about 2,000 employees globally, and Amgen emphasized that it is retaining more than 80% of them.

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