Panacos Cuts Workers, Shutters MD Facility

Panacos Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:[[ticker:PANC]]), a Watertown, MA-based developer of drugs for HIV, says that it will shutter its Gaithersburg, MD, facility and cut its work force from 11 to four employees to conserve cash. Panacos has also hired investment banking firm Oppenheimer to advise the company about such strategic options such as the sale of Panacos or its HIV development programs. We’ve updated our Boston Layoff Tracker with this latest news.

Author: Ryan McBride

Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News. Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.