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Boston Scientific shutters Bay Area research site, laying off 52

Publicly traded biomedical engineering firm and medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. plans to shutter its research and manufacturing development space in Fremont Technology Park, located at 46400 Fremont Blvd. in Fremont and relocate those functions to another facility in Minnesota, according to a recent mass layoff filing. As part of the move, expected to be finalized in early 2024, Boston Scientific Corp. will terminate about 52 jobs related to the site.

Publicly traded biomedical engineering firm and multinational medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. is permanently shuttering a Bay Area manufacturing plant site, cutting 52 jobs in the process.

The Massachusetts-based company stated in a mass layoff notice made public this week that it will transfer its local operations to several facilities in Minnesota, resulting in the closure of its Fremont, California site. The move follows Boston Scientific's closure of its facility in San Jose, California in 2021, terminating 170 jobs, and a subsequent short-term arrangement at Fremont in 2022.

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