TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Pine Pharmaceuticals of Tonawanda confirmed Thursday that it has laid off 58 employees, or about 25% of its workforce, due to "unforeseen business circumstances." The company had no further comment. The announcement comes just two years after the state celebrated an $8.6 million expansion of Pine's operation. Hochul announces completion of Tonawanda pharmaceutical plant expansion "The drug outsourcing company tripled the size of its facility at Riverview Solar Technology Park following the company's tremendous growth in the past three years," Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said in the 2022 announcement. "The expansion has allowed Pine to add almost 90 new, full-time permanent employees, doubling its initial projections and overall full-time permanent workforce. Empire State Development has agreed to support this project with up to $650,000 in performance-based Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits." Pine Pharmaceuticals made two voluntary recalls in 2023, according to the American Society of Retina Specialists, which published a letter from the company to customers that cited "a potential lack of sterility assurance for products intended to be sterile, resultant from a step in the inspection process isolated to the affected batches." Independent Health eliminates 66 jobs, citing rising drug costs This is a developing story. Latest Local News Road closures, traffic info for Bills-Titans game Foreigner to perform at 2025 Erie County Fair Woman was forced by gunpoint from parking lot in abduction at Walden Galleria, police say ‘Haunted Hollow’ returns for a final chapter in Clarence Teen to be sentenced as adult for hitting and critically injuring Cheektowaga police officer * * * Nick Veronica is a Buffalo native who joined the News 4 team as the Digital Executive Producer in 2021. He previously worked at NBC Sports and The Buffalo News. You can follow Nick on Facebook, Twitter and Threads. See more of his work here.