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Mylan laying off 400 to 500 in Morgantown

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Mylan N.V., the generic pharmaceutical giant with administrative headquarters in Southpointe II, confirmed Friday it is laying off 15 percent of the workforce at its Morgantown, W.Va., operation.

That translates to between 400 and 500 jobs, mostly in operations. Workers were told about the cuts Friday.

Christine Waller, head of global communications for the company, said there were no layoffs at Southpointe, where about 600 are employed.

Mylan said in a statement that “following the layoffs, we will remain one of the largest employers in West Virginia with approximately 3,000 employees.”

“We believe our plant in Morgantown is one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the world. As the industry has changed and regulatory expectations have continued to evolve, we’ve realized that our Morgantown plant needed to be right-sized to be less complex. The right-sizing is consistent with discussions we are having with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is necessary in order to position the site as best we can for continued operations.

“We remain committed to a U.S. manufacturing base and plan to continue making the majority of the medicines we supply to the U.S. in the U.S.”

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