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 losses
Announcement Date
10 July 2008
Employment effect (start)
10 July 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
The management of Merck Serono, the German pharmaceutical group - specialized in diabetes - has announced that, at it fails to attract any buyer, it will close its plant at Chilly-Mazarin (Essonne) which currently employs 100. As part of its reorganisation plan, the group aims to refocus its activities on other therapeutic domains such as cancer, auto-immun deseases and so on. The closure calls a halt to a wider reorganization of the group initiated a few years ago. Six sites will remain in France, employing about 2,000 workers: Lyon, Monaco, Martillac (Gironde), Calais, Semoy (Loiret) and Meyzieu (Rhône).
Sources
10 July 2008: Les Echos
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Citation
Eurofound (2008), Merck Serono, Closure in France, factsheet number 66862, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66862.
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