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Amgen is cutting 500 jobs, and its U.S. sales teams are bearing the brunt of it. The California-based drugmaker confirmed Wednesday that it is shrinking its workforce, "primarily in the U.S. sales force," as it pivots to upcoming drug launches and adopts pandemic-time digital marketing tools for the long run. A spokesperson confirmed the total number of jobs is approximately 500.
Πηγή: FiercePharma
Over the last
seven to eight months, lives across the globe have changed in unforeseen
ways. More than a million lives have been lost, and tens of millions of people
have contracted COVID-19. The coronavirus upended daily life, slammed the
economy, and sent businesses scrambling to cope.
For the pharma
world, it's been a crisis with a purpose. Scientists, regulators, biotech
companies and drugmakers large and small have taken center stage as they
hunt for drugs, vaccines, diagnostic tests and other aids in halting the
pandemic.
We've chosen
22 of them to feature here, some working behind the scenes, others very
much in the spotlight. We focused on people whose names aren’t
necessarily in the news regularly, highlighting experts attacking COVID from
all angles.
Some are part of
the record-shattering vaccine development process. Others
are testing drugs new and old against the newly emerged virus.
Still others have focused on improving diagnostics, manufacturing
needed supplies or improving public health.
They've been
working around the clock—literally, some of them—to bring the pandemic to an
end. There’s plenty more work to do, but their progress is already tangible.
We hope you enjoy reading their stories. — Eric Sagonowsky
The 22 most influential people in the fight against COVID-19
The pharma
industry can vary significantly from country to country, based on the laws
regulating it. After all, there is a huge question of balancing the importance
of saving lives of people with profits and the money needed for research and
development to develop such drugs. This is why many countries across the world
regulate the maximum price at which a drug can be sold, to allow the companies
high margins and profits, while enabling more people to be able to purchase the
drug as well.
Unsurprisingly, the United States is not one of those countries. In the US, there are no regulations on raising prices, which is why you have people like Martin Shkreli, who jacked the price of an important drug by 700% and cause an outrage, even though the outrage was purely on a moral level, as legally, his opponents did not have a leg to stand on. He is the poster boy of Big Pharma, a term coined for the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the US who are said to do anything, even if its immoral or illegal, to fill their coffers rather than actually focus on saving lives. They haven't paid over $2 billion in taxes in the US, and are able to fill the image of the typical capitalist US company.
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