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Science 10 December 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5447, p. 2063
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5447.2063
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SWEDEN:
Drug Research Endures the Pains of Globalization

Joanna Rose and Annika Nilsson

STOCKHOLM--Sweden's drug companies have joined the transnational drug industry, but their researchers are finding the global job market tough going. In 1995, Pharmacia merged with U.S.-based drug giant Upjohn, and since then the new company has cut its R&D personnel in Sweden by one-third, from 1500 to 1000. Last spring, Astra merged with Britain's Zeneca, and last week, the seemingly inevitable job cuts were announced: AstraZeneca plans to cut 450 positions from its research staff of 4000 in Sweden.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)