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
200 - 220 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2009
Foreseen end date
31 May 2010
Description
The multinational manufacturer of pharmaceutical preparations, Lundbeck, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, announced 23-09-2009 that the company will have to dismiss between 200 and 220 employees as a consequense of a streamlining programme, which is part of the strategy plan 'Decisions Now'. In the coming weeks, the co-operation committee of the company will discuss how to mitigate the effects of the redundancies on the employees.
Eurofound (2009), Lundbeck, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 69593, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69593.
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