Merck Plans To Shed 13% Of Work Force By 2015
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The pharma responds to a tough market environment by stepping up its previously-announced cost savings program to total $4 billion to $4.6 billion a year by 2015.
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