---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001396814-25-000093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PCRX"
cik: "0001396814"
company_name: "Pacira BioSciences, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T08:43:32.647564+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pacira BioSciences cuts 71 jobs (8% of workforce); decommissions 45-liter EXPAREL suite in San Diego

## Summary
- Workforce reduction of 71 employees (~8% of total) from Technical Operations at San Diego Science Center Campus.
- Pre-tax charges of $2.4M-$2.8M in Q3 2025 for employee termination benefits, plus $5.4M accelerated depreciation.
- Decommissioning 45-liter manufacturing suite after bringing two larger 200+ liter suites online in San Diego and Swindon, UK.
- Expects annual operating expense savings of ~$13 million from the reduction in force.
- New large-scale suites produce bulk EXPAREL volumes approximately four-fold greater per batch, improving gross margins.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001396814-25-000093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PCRX
- cik: 0001396814
- company_name: Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396814/000139681425000093/0001396814-25-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396814/000139681425000093/pcrx-20250709.htm

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## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  Pacira BioSciences, Inc. announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $2.4 million to $2.8 million affecting Science Center Campus in San Diego, California (71 employees or approximately 8% of the Company’s total workforce).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: approximately $2.4 million to $2.8 million
  - Affected area: Science Center Campus in San Diego, California
  - Headcount: 71 employees or approximately 8% of the Company’s total workforce
  source text: 8% of the Company’s total workforce. The Company currently estimates that it will recognize pre-tax charges to its third quarter 2025 financial results of approximately $2.4 million to $2.8 million related to employee termination benefits, consisting of garden leave and severance, healthcare benefits, and, to a lesser extent, other one-time termination
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396814/000139681425000093/0001396814-25-000093-index.htm

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