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 (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 21.1 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
25 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
The German pharmaceutical company Ratiopharm, owned by the Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva, announced it will cut 300 jobs in Germany due to internal restructuring. The job losses will fall in Ratiopharm's sites in Ulm and Blaubeuren and the site in Berlin which will be shut down. The job reduction follows an announcement by Teva dating back to December 2017, announcing the loss of 14,000 jobs worldwide.
Negotiations between management and employee representatives will start shorty.
26 January 2018: Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Ratiopharm, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 93162, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93162.