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.
Pharmaceutical companies doing business in Puerto Rico will not show any significant growth this year, pressured by upcoming patent expirations and underperforming economic conditions, Irish research firm Research and Markets said in its most recent industry report.
When space shuttle Atlantis took off on its final mission Friday, it was carrying a crew of special tiny passengers that are part of an advanced research and development project that could benefit humans for decades to come.