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The Minister of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Energy and Net Zero (Lord Vallance of Balham) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 September 2025

Debate

Merck Research Site

Contribution

My Lords, the decision by Merck, or MSD, not to progress its investment, with 126 jobs lost—I express my sympathy to those individuals—is part of a broader effort by MSD to optimise its resources. It announced in July that it would cut $3 billion per year by 2027 and that 6,000 jobs would go worldwide. MSD continues to employ over 1,600 staff in the UK across other operations, including more than 40 collaborative working agreements with the NHS, the Our Future Health project and UK clinical trials. We will continue to work with the sector to unlock growth.

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