Sebastien Bozon, AFP/Getty Images
A picture shows the headquarters of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis in Basel on Feb. 17, 2015. Getting your player ready...
Novartis, a Switzerland-based global health care company, will begin layoffs in April at its Sandoz division in Broomfield.
The company announced the late last year.
The first wave of layoffs, set for April 7, will include 65 employees, according to a a notice filed by the company with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
A letter to the department indicates Novartis’ intent to terminate those 65 employees over a two-week period.
About 450 employees will be laid off when the Broomfield facility shuts down. Those layoffs “will occur in approximately three waves ending is 2019,” the letter, dated Feb. 6, said.
Read the full story at .
