Thursday, January 10, 2008

Novartis say sayonara scientists

Novartis, the pharmaceutical company planning to cut 2,500 jobs during the next two years, will close a research center in Japan by December as part of a reorganization of its global drug-discovery business.

Switzerland's biggest drugmaker employs 123 scientists at the facility, located east of Tokyo, said Masashi Uemura, a spokesman for the Basel, Switzerland-based company's local unit, in a telephone interview today.

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