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Top 10 pharma layoffs of 2011

This report's brief history of layoffs definitely repeats lessons of the past, such as those gleaned in 2009 when the Merck/Schering-Plough and Pfizer/Wyeth mergers triggered enormous workforce reductions. Sanofi kept the theme of merger-related layoffs alive in 2011 with cuts associated with its blockbuster buyout of Genzyme last year, but, of course, many of the French drug giant's former workers have generic threats to blood thinner Plavix to blame for their pink slips. (Más)


01. Merck 12/13.000

02. Pfizer 4.220

03. Novartis 2.000

04. Abbott Laboratories 1.900

05. AstraZeneca 1.550

06. Teva Pharmaceutical 200 (Rumored adittional cuts 1.000/1.500)


07. Sanofi 700

08. Johnson & Johnson 1.000

09. Eisai 600 (USA) / 300 (international)

10. Bayer 540

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Ver también:

"Top ten" en despidos 2010: 50.000 en total.

Top Layoffs 2009

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