Cellares Cuts 100 Jobs; Blue Shield of California Notifies WARN of 60+ Reductions
Health Care layoffs reported Aug. 26–27: Cellares Corporation to cut 100 jobs; Blue Shield of California filed WARN notices covering 60+ roles.
Lede
Cellares Corporation and Blue Shield of California reported workforce reductions affecting the Health Care sector in filings covering the period of August 26–27, 2026. The notices disclosed permanent job cuts and WARN filings that enumerate the affected roles and headcounts.
Reported Layoffs
Cellares Corporation — South San Francisco, California
A WARN filing with state regulators shows Cellares Corporation plans to permanently eliminate 100 positions effective Oct. 20, 2026, according to the filing. The notice, provided to BioSpace via the state Employment Development Department and cited in the WARN filing record, links the reductions to the termination of a partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb over the company’s automated Cell Shuttle system. The WARN filing lists a broad array of affected roles, including engineering, marketing, recruitment, software, an alliance manager, a janitorial specialist and the VP of commercial operations, per the filing.
Blue Shield of California — (locations per WARN filing)
A WARN filing with state regulators reported multiple separate notifications from Blue Shield of California covering a series of smaller workforce reductions that together account for more than 60 affected roles. The filing entries list discrete counts of 25, 1, 2, 12, 5, 4, 3 and 8 employees in separate notices, for a combined total of 60 employees affected, per the WARN filing record.
Reporting and Timing
The Cellares notice specifies an effective layoff date of Oct. 20, 2026, as reported in the WARN filing. The Blue Shield of California notices in the WARN filing do not list individual locations or an effective date in the supplied records; the counts are drawn directly from the filing entries.
Closing
Per WARN filings with state regulators, the disclosed actions reflect a combined reduction of 160 jobs across the two employers in the supplied records: 100 at Cellares Corporation and 60 across Blue Shield of California. These figures are taken from the formal notices filed with state authorities and reported in the supplied records.