Novartis Cuts 322 Jobs at East Hanover HQ in Fourth Round of 2026 Restructuring
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What we know
Location: East Hanover, New Jersey, USA.
Department affected: commercial (field sales, patient support and marketing).
Based on news reporting.
Summary
Novartis announced another round of job cuts at its US headquarters in East Hanover, New Jersey, eliminating 322 positions effective October 2, 2026, according to a WARN filing. This is the fourth round of reductions at the site in five months and brings the total planned job cuts at the East Hanover campus to 572 for the year. The company said the cuts affect commercial functions — including field sales, patient support and marketing — as it reorganises parts of its commercial business in response to changing market conditions and patent expiries on key medicines. Novartis framed the restructuring as an effort to enhance operational efficiency and realign resources with evolving patient, customer and business needs.
Novartis East Hanover cut 322 jobs in NJ affecting its commercial (field sales, patient support and marketing) team as of October 2, 2026.
That is roughly 0.3% of the 110,000 people Novartis East Hanover employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 24 layoff events at Novartis East Hanover since March 2025, including 234 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 20 additional events known from news reporting.
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