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October 02, 2013

US Pharmaceutical Giant Merck Cuts 8,500 Extra Jobs!!!

The pharmaceutical giant says, it will be shifting its focus to areas it sees as high growth, such as cancer treatment. It is also pulling products in late-stage trials it estimates will not be so successful, and licensing other products to alternative companies. The company’s shares rose 2.35% to $48.73 in New York trading after it announced the cuts. The new losses, combined with 7,500 job cuts announced in 2011 and 2012, amount in total to 20% of its workforce, the BBC reports.


[source: businessdayonline]

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