By June 15, 2021 - 7:26 pm MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday public officials are continuing to explore possible opportunities for the Viatris manufacturing facility as nearly 1,500 workers face losing their jobs. Layoffs are slated to begin July 31 and continue through next March as Viatris focuses on moving its operations to overseas facilities. Mylan Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer subsidiary Upjohn merged into Viatris in November 2020, and the new company announced the layoffs the following month. “I am absolutely not going to turn loose of the Mylan situation until we have flipped every stone,” Justice said during Tuesday’s coronavirus briefing. “I am too hardheaded to give up.”