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ACTU.FR INFO: Major social plan coming at Pfizer, nearly 300 jobs cut in France

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Pfizer plans to cut 289 net jobs in France as part of a new Employment Protection Plan presented to employee representatives on September 2, 2026.

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Against a backdrop of losing exclusivity in the marketing of several drugs, the company Pfizer plans to reduce its workforce in France by nearly 10%. Pfizer, the American pharmaceutical giant, is once again preparing to lay off employees in France. On September 2, 2026, it presented to employee representatives a draft Employment Protection Plan (PSE) providing for the elimination of 289 positions nationwide, as confirmed by management to actu.fr.Read also Prozac shortage? Fluoxetine-based antidepressants will be scarce in pharmacies in the coming weeks. The company has some 3,000 employees in the country. In detail, 516 jobs are expected to be eliminated. In parallel, 227 are planned to be created. This leads to the net balance of 289. Management refers to a "new organization". These cuts would particularly concern "the commercial department, located at the headquarters in Paris", "field positions" and "support functions".Pfizer, which paid out 9.8 billion dollars to its shareholders worldwide in 2025, intends with this PSE to anticipate several losses of commercial exclusivity "between 2026 and 2029", synonymous with a "significant drop in revenue", according to our source in management. Several patents for the laboratory's star drugs will indeed fall into the public domain, and competitors will therefore be able to distribute generics. This is notably the case for Prevenar...

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Event
Layoff

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Jobs cut
289
Takes effect
Sep 2, 2026
Location
France

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Numbers

Jobs cut (reported)
289
Headcount named
289

Extraction

Confidence
90%
Detected
Sep 28, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
decreases_headcount_by

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    "title": "ACTU.FR INFO: Major social plan coming at Pfizer, nearly 300 jobs cut in France - Actu.fr",
    "excerpt": "Against a backdrop of losing exclusivity in the marketing of several drugs, the company Pfizer plans to reduce its workforce in France by nearly 10%. Pfizer, the American pharmaceutical giant, is once again preparing to lay off employees in France. On September 2, 2026, it presented to employee representatives a draft Employment Protection Plan (PSE) providing for the elimination of 289 positions nationwide, as confirmed by management to actu.fr.Read also Prozac shortage? Fluoxetine-based antidepressants will be scarce in pharmacies in the coming weeks. The company has some 3,000 employees in the country. In detail, 516 jobs are expected to be eliminated. In parallel, 227 are planned to be created. This leads to the net balance of 289. Management refers to a \"new organization\". These cuts would particularly concern \"the commercial department, located at the headquarters in Paris\", \"field positions\" and \"support functions\".Pfizer, which paid out 9.8 billion dollars to its shareholders worldwide in 2025, intends with this PSE to anticipate several losses of commercial exclusivity \"between 2026 and 2029\", synonymous with a \"significant drop in revenue\", according to our source in management. Several patents for the laboratory's star drugs will indeed fall into the public domain, and competitors will therefore be able to distribute generics. This is notably the case for Prevenar...",
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