The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 December 2020
Employment effect (start)
3 December 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Denmark-based pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its new global business services center in Gdańsk by the end of 2022. The center will focus on roles within the global supply chain and procurement as well as finance and HR. LEO Pharma is looking towards gathering a majority of its global business support processes in Gdańsk. Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship welcomed the company's decision.
Founded in 1908, LEO Pharma is a leading company in medical dermatology. The company employs about 6,000 people across 60 countries and sells its products in about 130 countries.
Eurofound (2020), LEO Pharma, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 102911, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102911.
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