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GSK changes sales tactics
December 17, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, Witty, bribery, corruption, cuts, sales, transparency
GlaxoSmithKline is to remove individual staff sales targets and end doctor payments for activities that promote its products. The UK …
Novartis shuts plant in Canada cutting 300 jobs
December 16, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Canada, Novartis, Ontario, cuts, lens, manufacturing
Novartis is shutting down its manufacturing plant in Canada which will result in 300 people losing their jobs at the …
Ketchum head leaves amid job cuts
December 12, 2013Medical Communications Ketchum, comms, cuts, digital, sefton
The healthcare division of comms agency giant Ketchum is weathering a tough month following job cuts and a key resignation. …
Forest cuts jobs in restructure
December 4, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Forest Labs, R&D, US, cuts
Forest Laboratories is restructuring and shedding jobs in a bid to save $500 million in costs by the end of …
Dendreon slashes more jobs
November 13, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Dendreon, Provenge, cuts
Another 150 jobs are to go at Dendreon Corporation as the company seeks to cut $125 million per year in …
Shire to cut UK research jobs says source
November 7, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing England, Shire, UK, cuts
Rumours are growing that Shire will be cutting dozens of research posts at its R&D centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire. This …
Roche poised to get even bigger in biomanufacturing
October 15, 2013Manufacturing and Production Jobs, Merck, Roche, cuts
Roche plans to invest a massive 800 million Swiss francs ($882m) over the next five years to increase manufacturing capacity …
Teva to axe 5,000 jobs in savings drive
October 11, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Copaxone, FDA, Teva, cuts
The world’s largest generic drugmaker Teva will cut around 5,000 jobs from its global workforce as it looks to speed-up …
Merck axes 8,500 more jobs
October 2, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jobs, Merck, R&D, cuts
Lonza wields axe at US facility
August 28, 2013Manufacturing and Production Lonza, cuts
Swiss contract manufacturer Lonza has said it will start cutting staffing levels at its US facility in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, next …
Merck to shut New Jersey campus, shedding 113 jobs
August 8, 2013Manufacturing and Production Jobs, Merck, Schering-Plough, cuts
Merck & Co has followed through with an earlier threat to close down its manufacturing operations at Kenilworth, New Jersey. …
Lundbeck cuts more jobs in Europe
June 24, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lexapro, Lundbeck, cuts
Lundbeck is to cut yet more jobs in Europe as the Danish pharma firm restructures its operations to focus on …
Aveo to cut workforce after FDA knock-back
June 6, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aveo, FDA, cuts, tivozanib
Aveo will make major jobs cuts this year after news that a kidney cancer licence for its oncology drug tivozanib …
Teva says US facility will close in cost-cutting drive
May 3, 2013Manufacturing and Production Teva, closure, cuts
Teva has said it will shut down a manufacturing and R&D facility in Pennsylvania by 2017, with the loss of …
Roche restructures life science business
April 24, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Europe, Roche, US, cuts
Roche is to cut around 170 jobs in Europe and the US as part of a restructure of its life …
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