Illumina Inc. laid off 58 employees including technical writers, scientists and engineers across its California offices, CNBC reported.
The San Diego-based gene sequencing giant fired 16 employees from its San Mateo office and 42 employees from the San Diego one in September, California's Employment Development Department report said.
The layoffs follow Illumina's lower second-quarter revenue, caused partly due to a delay in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Pacific Biosciences of California Inc.
A private direct marketing retail company, Helix Opco LLC, backed by Illumina, also laid off an undisclosed number of employees and closed several offices in May, genomics-centric news platform GenomeWeb reported.
