The pharmaceutical industry lost 6,000 jobs in September

According to this story on The Day, the pharmaceutical industry lost 6,000 jobs in September. Here are some key snippets:

• The pharmaceutical industry shed more than 6,000 jobs nationwide last month, as total layoffs in the sector across the United States reached a high not seen since May, according to new numbers released Wednesday.
• The outplacement consultant Challenger, Gray & Christmas said the 6,069 pharmaceutical jobs lost nationwide in September compares with 255 reductions in August.
• The pharma sector nationwide has seen 43,334 job losses so far this year.
• Pharma job losses accounted for 16.3 percent of all layoffs across the United States, according to the statistics.

You can read the full story here.