Pharma Layoffs

Comprehensive tracking of workforce reductions across the Pharma industry.

38,977

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

12,000

Novo Nordisk

Denmark · Nov 2025

Saving ~8 billion DKK annually by end of 2026; despite Ozempic success

9,000

Merck

United States · Jul 2025

Plan to reduce 8% of global workforce; patent cliff preparation

6,000

Pfizer

United States · Jun 2025

Reduced to 75,000 employees, decade-low; post-COVID revenue decline

6,000

Roche

Switzerland · Jul 2024

Diagnostics division restructuring; post-COVID normalization

3,000

AstraZeneca

United Kingdom · Sep 2024

Oncology division restructuring and portfolio rationalization

2,000

Novartis

Switzerland · Sep 2025

550 jobs at Stein facility by 2027 + 427 US-based staff at East Hanover, NJ

977

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