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BASF trims pharma again

September 11, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 37

BASF will cut about 200 out of 520 full-time workers at its active pharmaceutical ingredients plant in Minden, Germany. The plant mostly makes pseudoephedrine, theophylline, and caffeine. The cuts are part of a plan to "restore competitiveness" at the money-losing site, BASF says. Last fall, the company announced 95 job cuts at the same location. It attributes both layoff rounds to the same factors: competition from Asian drug ingredients suppliers and U.S. restrictions on the marketing of pseudoephedrine.

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