Aptuit

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Italy
Region
Nord-Est; Veneto; Verona
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
21.2 - Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
65 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
8 July 2013
Employment effect (start)
15 July 2013
Foreseen end date

Description

Aptuit, company operating in the research and development area for the pharmaceutical and biotechnological sectors, is to cut 65 jobs (out of 398) at its Centre for Drug Discovery and Development located at Verona. The largest part of the researchers employed in Aptuit Centre of Verona were part of the former GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development Centre, acquired by Aptuit in 2010.

The trade unions reacted to the company’s decision requiring the involvement of local and national authorities in order to find alternative measures to the job cuts.

Sources

  • 8 July 2013: Libero

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Aptuit, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 75638, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75638.