Pharma Layoffs
Comprehensive tracking of workforce reductions across the Pharma industry.
Total Jobs Cut
Companies Affected
AI-Cited Layoffs
AI-Related Cuts
Companies
Bayer
Germany · Aug 2025
12,000 positions eliminated; $300B patent cliff looms across pharma
Novo Nordisk
Denmark · Nov 2025
Saving ~8 billion DKK annually by end of 2026; despite Ozempic success
Merck
United States · Jul 2025
Plan to reduce 8% of global workforce; patent cliff preparation
Pfizer
United States · Jun 2025
Reduced to 75,000 employees, decade-low; post-COVID revenue decline
Roche
Switzerland · Jul 2024
Diagnostics division restructuring; post-COVID normalization
AstraZeneca
United Kingdom · Sep 2024
Oncology division restructuring and portfolio rationalization
Novartis
Switzerland · Sep 2025
550 jobs at Stein facility by 2027 + 427 US-based staff at East Hanover, NJ
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