A pharmaceutical research company plans to close one of its two Massachusetts facilities and lay off 81 people this year.
Curia Global will eliminate its location at 20 Blanchard Road, Burlington between March 10 and June 1, according to a Massachusetts Workers Adjustment Retraining Notice filed with the state on Jan. 14.
Albany, New York-based Curia contracts with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to provide research, development and manufacturing services, according to its website. Curia was founded in 1991 as Albany Molecular Research, Inc. and employs more than 3,000 people…