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Eisai to cut 900 jobs ahead of Aricept patent loss

March 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing Aricept, Eisai, donepezil, generics, job cuts

Eisai is to cut around 900 jobs in Europe, the US and Japan over the next five years as it …

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Universities to ‘pick up pharma’s R&D mantle’ after Pfizer closure

March 3, 2011
Research and Development Kent, Pfizer, Sandwich, Science and Technology Select Committee, UK research, UK science, job cuts

Science in the UK will have to focus on contractually-based research in the future as pharma’s R&D presence in the …

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Pfizer in break up talks for Sandwich research site

March 1, 2011
Research and Development Kent, Pfizer, Sandwich, job cuts

Pfizer is in confidential talks over the future of its Sandwich, Kent research facility that could see the site broken …

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Quality problems lead to short-term layoffs at Baxter Ireland

February 22, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Dianeal, Extraneal, Ireland, Nutrineal, baxter, job cuts, manufacturing compliance, peritoneal dialysis

A contaminated production line at a facility in Ireland operated by Baxter Healthcare has resulted in 150 staff being laid …

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West Pharma cuts staff as profits are pressured

December 13, 2010
Manufacturing and Production West Pharma, drug delivery systems, job cuts, pharma packaging, pharmaceutical manufacturing, plastic packaging

West Pharmaceutical Services has taken the axe to its manufacturing facilities in the US and UK in order to cut …

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Novartis to cut 1,400 US sales jobs

December 2, 2010
Sales and Marketing Novartis, Novartis Pharma North America, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, job cuts, sales representatives

Novartis has outlined a major restructure of its US field force of sales reps that will see 1,400 positions cut …

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NicOx to halve HQ workforce

November 4, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NicOx, job cuts, naproxcinod, pharma jobs

French pharmaceutical company NicOx is to halve the workforce at its Sophia Antipolis headquarters and is considering restructuring its Italian …

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Biogen set to axe 650 jobs and focus on neurology

November 4, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biogen, Rituxan, job cuts, pharma jobs

Biogen Idec is set to cut hundreds of jobs and refocus its R&D in an effort to cut costs by …

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Staff blockade Sanofi-Aventis facility in France

October 21, 2010
Manufacturing and Production France, Sanofi, Sanofi-Aventis, job cuts, manufacturing and production

Workers at a Sanofi-Aventis manufacturing facility in Romainville, France, sealed off the gates of the plant to protest plans to …

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Sanofi slashes US workforce

October 11, 2010
Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, job cuts

Sanofi-Aventis is to cut a quarter of its workforce in the US – making 1,700 people redundant – as it …

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GlaxoSmithKline review leads to 121 layoffs in Cork

October 7, 2010
Manufacturing and Production GlaxoSmithKline, Ireland, job cuts

GlaxoSmithKline has completed its review of a manufacturing facility in Ireland and concluded that it will have to shed 121 …

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GSK workers in Ireland await review

September 20, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, Ireland, job cuts

Workers at a GlaxoSmithKline facility in Ireland are anxiously awaiting the outcome of an official review of the operation amid …

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Genzyme planning 1,000 job cuts

September 14, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, job cuts

Genzyme has said it intends to cut back its workforce by around 1,000 over the next 15 months in order …

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Merck plans jobs cuts in Ireland

September 10, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Ireland, Merck & Co, Schering-Plough, job cuts

A manufacturing plant in Ireland is the latest to face staff cuts in the wake of Merck & Co’s merger …

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Merck averts day in court over Dutch plant closure

September 7, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Merck & Co, Netherlands, job cuts

Merck & Co has postponed the planned closure of the former Organon facility in Oss, the Netherlands, after weeks of …

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