Merck & Co.’s reported plans to cut back its workforce by about 13,000 by 2015 will not affect its local operations, Frank Gutiérrez, general manager of Merck Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, said Friday.
Puerto Rico has one of the world’s most competitive manufacturing foundations, but one of the most underdeveloped research and development economies, which poses an inarguable need to establish mechanisms to foster the right conditions for ...