Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Merck the German pharmaceutical group, announced around a 100 job cuts on the 17th of January in its French site in Gironde. On this site two branches operate: Life Science and Healthcare. They work on the development of biological molecules and active ingredients used in oncology treatments/
This decision is motivated by the company's restructuring activities in France. After a disengagement of an essential client - Fresenius Kabi that modified its contract of approvisionnement - Merck is going to supply them until summer 2026 and not 2030.
Frédéric Guichard an employee and union representative of Force ouvrière (FO) underlines the failure of the company's strategy to find new clients. On the 1st of august 2025 the Life Science subsidiary is going to be bought by the American research Lab AbbVie.
Eurofound (2025), Merck, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 202623, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202623.