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发帖数: 2761 | 1 A Decade In Drug Industry Layoffs
Since 2000, the pharmaceutical industry has cut 297,650 jobs, according to
consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. For reference, that is about
as many people as currently work at the three largest drug makers — Pfizer,
Merck, and GlaxoSmithKline — combined.
Of course, not all those people remained unemployed, and the total headcount
of the pharmaceutical industry did not drop that much. Many of those who
were laid off were probably hired back by other drug makers. Some folks have
probably been laid off more than once. It’s also worth noting that big
mergers are one reason for the cuts. These are synergies.
Still, that number — 300,000 people, give or take — is worth remembering
whenever anyone talks about how profitable pharmaceutical companies are and
how they are fleecing society.Look, also, at how the number of job cuts per
year has been going up enormously.
It’s true that many medicines are way too expensive. But it’s also true
that medical innovation has gotten incredibly difficult and that it is not
clear that even truly beneficial medicines can find their market. If we don
’t figure out how to solve that paradox, it really could mean no new
medicines for anybody — and even more lay offs. The full data set is below.
A Decade In Drug Industry Layoffs
Year Number of jobs cut
2000 2,453
2001 4,736
2002 11,488
2003 28,519
2004 15,640
2005 26,300
2006 15,638
2007 31,732
2008 43,014
2009 61,109
2010 53,636
2011 (First three months) 3,385
TOTAL 297,650
Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. ©
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2011/04/13/a-decade-i | E***n
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【在 b**u 的大作中提到】
: A Decade In Drug Industry Layoffs
: Since 2000, the pharmaceutical industry has cut 297,650 jobs, according to
: consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. For reference, that is about
: as many people as currently work at the three largest drug makers — Pfizer,
: Merck, and GlaxoSmithKline — combined.
: Of course, not all those people remained unemployed, and the total headcount
: of the pharmaceutical industry did not drop that much. Many of those who
: were laid off were probably hired back by other drug makers. Some folks have
: probably been laid off more than once. It’s also worth noting that big
: mergers are one reason for the cuts. These are synergies.
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发帖数: 1584 | 3 seems 2011 has slow down a lot? or the cut usually happens at the end of the
year
Pfizer,
headcount
have
【在 b**u 的大作中提到】
: A Decade In Drug Industry Layoffs
: Since 2000, the pharmaceutical industry has cut 297,650 jobs, according to
: consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. For reference, that is about
: as many people as currently work at the three largest drug makers — Pfizer,
: Merck, and GlaxoSmithKline — combined.
: Of course, not all those people remained unemployed, and the total headcount
: of the pharmaceutical industry did not drop that much. Many of those who
: were laid off were probably hired back by other drug makers. Some folks have
: probably been laid off more than once. It’s also worth noting that big
: mergers are one reason for the cuts. These are synergies.
| b**u
发帖数: 2761 | 4 文章是2011年4月写的，估计还没统计完，没有跟进后来的数据。
据说2008年以来制药业裁员20多万人。 | c********t
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