Roche Applied Sciences

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Bayern; Oberbayern; Weilheim-Schongau
Location of affected unit(s)
Penzberg
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
21.10 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
110 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
23 April 2013
Employment effect (start)
24 April 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013

Description

Roche Applied Science, a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche, will cut 110 jobs in Penzberg, Bavaria. This is caused by the integration of Roche’s Applied Sciences section in its Clinical Diagnostics section. Roche said that the closure of its Applied Sciences section is due to price pressure and cutbacks in research and development. Additionally, it ended an alliance with IBM. Further 60 jobs are to be cut in Branford, USA. Job cuts will be carried out by the end of 2013.

Sources

  • 23 April 2013: Handelsblatt (online)
  • 23 April 2013: Handelszeitung (online)
  • 24 April 2013: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • 23 April 2013: Roche (Press Release)

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Roche Applied Sciences, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 75278, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75278.