A notice filed this week with the Missouri Department of Economic Development revealed Select Medical Corp. is closing a facility in Manchester, Mo. and laying off 66 workers. The closure will come Aug. 12, according to the filing. Based in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Select Medical provides long-term acute care along with inpatient and outpatient medical rehabilitation. Bloomberg [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Myriad Pharmaceuticals announced it is ending its HIV maturation program and will cut 21 positions. The company plans to shift its focus from HIV maturation to its oncology pipeline. The Associated Press reports Myriad had 181 full-time employees as of Sept. 1, 2009. Chief Executive Adrian Hobden said in a statement. “After conducting an exhaustive review [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 15, 2009
CooperVision will shut down its soft contact lens plant in Norfolk, Virginia, cutting 570 jobs. The work at the plant will be sent to Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, and Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, United Kingdom. No new jobs will be created there. Cooper has cut 685 manufacturing jobs in the past year. CooperVision was founded in 1979, and is the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 23, 2009
IMS Health will cut 850 jobs in the wake of a 19% drop in profits for Q2 2009. The cuts will include both layoffs and vacant positions. The firm employs 7,500 people globally. IMS Health is an international company that supplies the pharmaceutical industry with sales data and consulting services. IMS Health was founded in 1954 by [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Diagnostic test manufacturer Celera will cut 80 jobs, or 13% of its labor force, in the wake of a drop in revenue in Q2. Rockville, Maryland’s Celera Corporation was formerly a business unit of the Applera Corporation, but was spun off in July 2008 to become an independent publicly traded company. Celera focuses on genetic sequencing [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 13, 2009
The Federal Bureau of Prisons says the agency has hired 49 employees for the federal prison in Hazelton, West Virginia. The facility, in Preston County, still has 15 vacancies. Over the next year two new prisons will open in the state, creating 600 jobs. The new positions will include guards, medical professional, human resources experts, construction workers, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 6, 2009
ProHealth Care, which operates Waukesha Memorial Hospital and Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will eliminate 50 positions systemwide through layoffs and attrition. More layoffs may be necessary at a later date. Waukesha, Wisconsin’s ProHealth Care is a regional critical and primary care provider. Their integrated health network includes Waukesha Memorial, Oconomowoc Memorial, 26 ProHealth Care Medical [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 11, 2009
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will cut more than 200 jobs in fiscal 2010. The cuts will be made through through attrition, early retirements and layoffs, to trim $45 million from the budget. UIHC employees 6,600 people. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is a 762-bed public teaching hospital and level one trauma center affiliated [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Progenics Pharmaceuticals cut 10% of its workforce, eliminated salary increases for senior management, and reduced bonuses for all employees. The firm has also cut expenditures on contractors and consultants, and lowered slashed expenditures. Progenics Pharmaceuticals of Tarrytown, NY, is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutic products to treat the unmet medical [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Loyola University Health System will cut 440 jobs, or 8% of its work force. Workers will be laid off from the Loyola University Medical Center and the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. The cuts will include 31 nurses. In December, Loyola eliminated 200 jobs. Chicago’s Loyola University Health System consists of the main medical center [...]
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