Layoffs at Merck KGaA
- Layoff events
- 2
- verified and sourced
- Roles reported
- At least 100
- events with no figure are not in this number
- Announced between
- Jan 2023 to Oct 2025
- Reported by
- The Irish Times, RTÉ, and Fierce Biotech
This page records what we could verify and source. It is not a complete record of every job cut at Merck KGaA: a layoff nobody published and nobody sent us is a layoff that is not on this page.
| Company | What happened | Roles reported | Share of staff | Where | Announced | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merck KGaA |
Site closure
Merck KGaA announced plans to close its Arklow, Ireland API production plant by the end of 2028, affecting approximately 100 jobs. |
100 | Not known | Arklow API production plant, Arklow, Ireland |
2 sources for Merck KGaA |
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| Merck KGaA |
Restructuring
Merck KGaA confirmed layoffs at EMD Serono's Billerica, Massachusetts R&D operation, affecting more than 130 employees and about 26% of the site team. |
Not known | Not known | EMD Serono R&D site, Billerica, United States |
1 source for Merck KGaA |
Where this comes from
Every cut listed for Merck KGaA was entered by a person who checked it against a filing or a named report. Nothing is scraped and nothing publishes itself. What is not here is what we have not verified, not what did not happen.
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