Charles River Laboratories has laid off 115 workers from its CTBR Bio-Research unit near Montreal. The company laid off 140 employees from CTBR in May 2006. After this round of layoffs, CTBR will have approximately 1,480 employees.

In an e-mail to The Montreal Gazette, CRL spokeswoman Amy Cianciaruso remarked, “Like others in our industry, Charles River has been affected by this slowdown and we are taking the difficult but necessary steps to align our workforce with the current demand.”