Johnson & Johnson's early-November announcement that its restructuring initiatives would eliminate 6% to 7% of its 117,000 global workforce makes it easy to doubt that the recession is over. The overall employment picture in the life sciences/healthcare industries is uneven, yet sales forecasts from market research firms such as Pira, BCC Research, URCH Publishing, and Euromonitor provide a beacon of hope for packagers of healthcare-related products.
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