GSK to close Dresden vaccine plant by 2028, cutting 650 jobs
- Location
- Dresden · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Company
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) – Impfstoffwerk Dresden
- Sector
- Pharma
- Status
- announced
- Affected staff
- 650
- Relocated to
- 🇨🇦 Canada
On 10 September 2026 GSK announced it will close its Dresden vaccine plant (founded 1911, 115 years of production) with around 650 employees by summer 2028 at the latest, citing globally declining demand and overcapacity; flu-vaccine production is to move to its Canadian site in Ste-Foy. Union IGBCE pledged resistance (Ärzteblatt, oiger.de, 10 Sep 2026).
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