AstraZeneca is eliminating the full-time positions in a shake up of its UK marketing division to realign itself with structural changes in the UK’s National Health Service.

AstraZeneca UK marketing company president Chris Brinsmead says: “We have realigned our primary care sales organisations and our medical and regulatory affairs teams to match the Strategic Health Authority structure of the NHS. The review is part of our standard business practice. We will ensure our people are fully consulted and do everything we can to reduce the numbers of those affected.”

Last week, the drugmaker told employees that 150 permanent staff will be made redundant, and a similar number of employees will be reduced from permanent to contract terms by the end of the year.

The move follows a decision in February to cut 700 manufacturing and warehousing jobs at its Macclesfield site, as part of a wider three-year restructuring to lay off 3,000 employees in its supply chain operation.

Source: The Telegraph[tags]AstraZeneca, Jobs[/tags]