Homeopathy : the laboratory Boiron remove 600 posts, a quarter of its workforce

The lab puts this decision on the behalf of the déremboursement of homeopathic medicines decided by the government.

For Boiron, it is the direct consequence of the déremboursement of homeopathy. The laboratory announced this Wednesday, over 600 job cuts in France, or about a quarter of the workforce in the country, and the closure of one of its three production sites.

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Thirteen of the 31 sites to Boiron in France will be closed, with the factory of Montrichard (Loir-et-Cher), resulting in total deletion of 646 posts, said the group, which has presented this project to the unions in the morning.

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The plan, which will only apply to the French part of the approximately 3700 employees of the group in the world, is necessary to sustain the company and ensure its future and that of the employees who remain," said the group.

"In this project, there is the creation of 134 jobs, and also a new organization of our sales teams to be able to adapt to this new reality," he says, adding that the international subsidiaries are not affected by this plan of reorganization".

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In the detail, in addition to the factory of Montrichard, 12 sites of preparation-distribution will be closed, Avignon, Belfort, Brest, Grenoble, Limoges, Niort, Paris-Bois d'arcy, Paris-Ivry, Pau, Rouen, Strasbourg and Toulon.

The laboratory of lyon, a world leader in the sector, highlights the role that plays, according to him, the decision of dérembourser homeopathy taken by the French government, while France represents almost 60% of its sales.

sales down 8% before the déremboursement

Since January 1, homeopathy, which at one time was reimbursed at 65% before falling back to 30%, is not more than 15%. This rate will fall to zero by 2021.

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This decision was announced in July 2019 by the ministry of Health, at the end of a long controversy on the effectiveness of homeopathy. At the time, Boiron had stated that a déremboursement of homeopathy would threaten 1000 jobs on its 2500 in France.

there has been "a campaign of destabilization very virulent for the past two years," says the company, which is said to continue "to do everything to get a moratorium and the retention of a refund".

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The group, which must publish its annual results financial in the evening on Wednesday, has confirmed to expect a decline in its profitability in 2019. Its annual sales last year, already published, are down almost 8% to $ 557 million euros, while the déremboursement had not yet taken place.