The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21.10 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 September 2022
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
The management of AstraZeneca has confirmed the forthcoming closure of its site at Reims (Marne). All the 120 employees will be affected by the decision. The pharmaceutical group is looking for a suitable buyer and promises to support the 120 employees during this transition period.
The group has presented to staff representatives a project to sell its operational packaging and distribution activities at the Reims site by the end of 2024.
The plant, which packages and distributes medicines, will be no longer part of AstraZeneca's plans and projects. The reason behind the decision is the loss of a patent on an anti-diabetic mainly packaged at this site.
The decision was denounced by the unions.
Eurofound (2022), AstraZeneca, Closure in France, factsheet number 107427, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107427.
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