About 6,000 roles to be cut under multiyear cost-savings program
Source-backed update · Announced plan · Merck
EventAnnounced July 29, 2025
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Sources
SEC Form 8-K · Jul 29, 2025Supports: Merck disclosed a 2025 Restructuring Program approved July 25, 2025 that eliminates certain positions in sales, administrative and R&D organizations, with about $3.0 billion in pretax costs and most actions largely completed by the end of 2027 (certain manufacturing actions by the end of 2029).Open the sourcePharmaceutical Executive · Aug 1, 2025Supports: Reported that Merck plans to cut approximately 6,000 jobs globally and that a spokesperson confirmed the scale of the cuts.Open the sourceFierce Pharma · Aug 13, 2025Supports: Described the plan as an 8% workforce reduction of about 6,000 positions to save $3 billion annually by 2027.Open the source
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Merck's filings do not state a job count; the roughly 6,000 figure was reported by trade press via a company spokesperson, outlets differ on whether it is global or U.S., and the sources do not break it down by location.
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