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West Pharmaceutical cuts 98 Scottsdale jobs after product sale

What happened

West Pharmaceutical Services plans to lay off 98 workers at one of its Scottsdale, Arizona locations as it phases out a product line.

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A pharmaceutical manufacturer with several locations in Arizona is planning to lay off 98 workers in Scottsdale as it phases out production of one of its product lines. West Pharmaceutical Services, a Philadelphia-headquartered company specializing in injectable medicines and their delivery systems, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification in early September for one of its Scottsdale locations. West has locations in Scottsdale and Tempe.

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Event
News

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Headcount
98
Stories
2
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

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Numbers

Headcount named in the story
98
Stories about this event
2

Extraction

Confidence
90%
Detected
Sep 16, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
decreases_headcount_by

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    "title": "West Pharmaceutical cuts 98 Scottsdale jobs after product sale - azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic",
    "excerpt": "A pharmaceutical manufacturer with several locations in Arizona is planning to lay off 98 workers in Scottsdale as it phases out production of one of its product lines. West Pharmaceutical Services, a Philadelphia-headquartered company specializing in injectable medicines and their delivery systems, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification in early September for one of its Scottsdale locations. West has locations in Scottsdale and Tempe.",
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    "location": "Scottsdale, Arizona, USA",
    "planning": true,
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    "article_sentence": "A pharmaceutical manufacturer with several locations in Arizona is planning to lay off 98 workers in Scottsdale as it phases out production of one of its product lines."
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