Jobs blow for healthcare company
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More than 260 people could lose their jobs at a medical equipment firm in Ballymoney, County Antrim.
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A private health care firm criticised for the way it runs its out-of-hours GP service in Wales has announced it is taking on more doctors.
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The medical device maker reported a third-quarter loss of $272 million on charges related to acquisitions and asset sales, as the companyâs top-selling stent continued to slump.
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The drugmaker Bayer AG said Friday that it will cut 6,100 jobs, or 5.5 percent of its work force, as it integrates Schering AG into its health care unit. More than half of the cuts will be in Europe, but about 1,000 positions will be eliminated in the United States.
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The worldÂs largest drug company said that it would lay off almost 2,400 employees in what may indicate a wider retrenchment of the drug industry.
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Boston Scientific Corp. , the medical device maker, eliminated 55 jobs in Marlborough last month, according to the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Company spokesman Paul Donovan said the Natick firm made the cuts after deciding to pull the plug on its Endovations program, an effort to develop a new single-use endoscope with an integrated ...
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Health and beauty retailer Boots is to scrap several health services such as laser eye surgery and dentistry, affecting 850 employees.
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Cardinal Health (CAH:NYSE - news - research) was grounded once again Monday after the struggling health care supplier laid out plans to cut 4,200 jobs.
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THE REGION Procter &amp; Gamble Co. has eliminated 2,800 positions over the past fiscal year, with more than half coming from Gillette, as a result of P&amp;G's takeover of the Boston shaving firm. P&amp;G's $54 billion acquisition of Gillette is expected to result in an estimated 5,000 job cuts from the combined workforce of about 140,000. Already, Boston has lost ...
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The real estate arm of Sun Health has sold off 10 medical office buildings totaling more than $46 million. This move follows a national trend for hospital systems to divest themselves of
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Drug wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it would cut 4,200 jobs, or 7 percent of its work force, and close 25 facilities
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Out-of-hours GP services are suffering because of a lack of funding from regional health bosses, doctors say.
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After delaying its IPO and losing its CEO, the company reduces staff to navigate short-term challenges.
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The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company said it will close some of its facilities and reduce its employee head count.
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Pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co., under siege over revenues lost since it recalled arthritis drug Vioxx, will have cut about 5,100 jobs by year&#39;s end, 700 more than first planned, and will slash costs by $2.4 billion over four years, chairman and CEO
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VANCOUVER - A hospital in downtown Vancouver has been so badly hit by a nursing shortage that it&#39;s contracting out nearly 1,000 surgeries to private clinics.
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A plan for downsizing the hospital and nursing home industries could eliminate thousands of jobs, and change the way millions of people receive health care.