Top Layoffs 2009

1. Pfizer - 19,500

2. Merck - 16,000

3. Johnson & Johnson - 8,900

4. AstraZeneca - 7,400

5. GlaxoSmithKline - 6,000

6. Eli Lilly - 5,500

7. Teva Industries - 1,090

8. Sepracor - 940

9. King Pharmaceuticals - 770

10. Sanofi-Aventis - 750

The layoffs outlined here are, of course, just the tip of the iceberg. According to staffing firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas, 58,696 pharmaceutical and biotech jobs have been cut through the end of October of this year. That's 15,000 more jobs lost than in all of 2008. You can check out this list of smaller developers that cut jobs this year, and here's a look at larger pharma companies that reduced their headcount but didn't make the top 10.

Click here to being the report on the top 10 layoffs of 2009.

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