Merck to wind down Gardasil production at N.C. plant, lay off 150-plus

27th February 2026 Uncategorised 0

In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act alert filed this week, Merck revealed that it is laying off 147 staffers at a vaccine manufacturing plant in Durham. The cuts are a result of Merck’s decision to end production of Gardasil and Gardasil 9 at the site “because of the recent worldwide reduction in demand for the product,” according to the WARN letter.

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