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Merck to end HPV vaccine production in Durham, laying off 154 workers
In a Feb. 24 WARN letter to the North Carolina Department of Commerce and Durham County, Merck said this move will result in 154 layoffs. Separations are expected to begin May 1.
Merck's decision comes one year after the New Jersey company unveiled a new $1 billion manufacturing plant on Durham's Old Oxford Road to make Gardasil and Gardasil 9. This facility added 225,000 square feet of production space to a campus that already produced vaccines against measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox, among other illnesses.
In her WARN letter this week, plant manager Amanda Taylor wrote Gardasil production would cease at this site due to "the recent worldwide reduction in demand for this product." Businesses must file WARN notices to North Carolina officials at least 60 days before conducting certain mass layoffs, including the closing of a site "that affects at least 50 employees during any 30-day period."