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 (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
280 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 March 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
On 9 March 2011, pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis plans to cut 280 jobs in marketing and sales in Germany. A spokesperson of Sanofi-Aventis stated thst these jobs are not part of the reorganisation plan affecting its European operations (see related fact sheet 17134).
Sources
9 March 2011: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
9 March 2011: Financial Times Deutschland
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Sanofi-Aventis, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 71715, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71715.