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Merck Layoffs: From Rumor to Reality

Rahway 150 head counts from R&Ds. Mostly senior level Mgrs & directors. Told SGP's R&Ds -Cardio group stronger. Likley stay. SGP is also let some senior R&Ds guys go- more to come.


On Mar 30 07:57 AM mrwhippy2 wrote:

> In Merck's presentation to its employees they stated that the majority
> of Schering-Plough employees would remain. So the underling message
> is that the majority of Merck employees will not.
>
> Besides it was already stated by Peter Kim that they were outsourcing
> research.

Merck Layoffs: From Rumor to Reality

What are you talking ?


On Mar 30 08:55 AM User 377815 wrote:

> Ya, send them all back to Germany. People are going to boycott merck
> after the vioxx and gardasil disaster. They can stop hurting
> our children with their chemicals.Dump merck,save GM.

Is the Winner Pfizer, Merck or Roche?

The Article is a "Trash - self serving personal openion - except @PFE which is known to many of us-other than those PFE-PUMPERS at CNBC..


On Mar 21 07:04 AM donzelion wrote:

> "Roche is getting the most “bang for the buck”..."
>
> Why? Roche already owned 56% of Genentech. Normally, majority ownership
> is not "meaningless" - far from it. Normally, the way to measure
> the extra value added by buying out the extra 44% would involve serious
> cost savings or synergies - but both companies, by most reports,
> are well-run shops that didn't go into excessive bloat. So what's
> the big advantage of merging operations and taking 100%?