MedImmune makes staff cuts

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Gaithersburg-based MedImmune said it’s made “minimal staffing reductions,” though the biotech company — one of Maryland’s largest — is mum on the details. A spokeswoman for MedImmune, the research and development arm of London-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN), declined to give any specifics, including how many jobs or divisions were impacted by the cuts. But in an emailed statement that confirmed the rumored cuts, MedImmune said it shifted resources and hires to more key…