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​​​​BioMarin Pharmaceutical invests €60m in Cork expansion​BioMarin's John O'Brien, Evelyn Marchany Garcia, Michael Lohan, CEO of IDA Ireland; BioMarin's Conor Delaney, Geraldine Cregan, Ganesh Vedantham, Claire Kelleher and Bruce Bickle in Shanbally, Co Cork​Biotechnology company BioMarin Pharmaceutical is investing €60m in the expansion of its...

​​​​€836m Horizon funding secured by Irish organisations for R&D​(from left to right) Micol Martinelli, National Director for Horizon Europe, Colm O'Reardon, Secretary General at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science and Mairead McGuinness, former EU CommissionerIrish organisations have been awarded more ...

​​​​​​Why Ireland is a proving ground for medicinal breakthroughs like cell and gene therapy.Cell and gene therapy is an exciting new area in healthcare that offers a route towards tackling many illnesses and conditions that were previously untreatable. It doesn’t replace traditional medicine so much as enhance it; within a decade, cell and gene...

​​​​IDA New​Ireland is the world’s third largest exporter of pharmaceuticals, according to the United Nations Statistics Division database. The sector continues to evolve, expanding its capabilities to include innovation, digitalisation and next-generation technologies:▪️ 8 of top 10 pharmaceutical companies have substantial operations in Irelan...

​​​​​Abbott's €440m investment to create 800 jobs in Kilkenny, 200 in Donegal​​Abbott is to create 800 jobs in Kilkenny and 200 in Donegal as part of its latest €440m investment​​Pharmaceutical company Abbott is opening a new manufacturing facility producing diabetes technology in Kilkenny today which is set to employ more than 800 people.It is ...

​​​​​​​Kerry Group agrees to sell dairy division to Kerry Co-op in €500m dealCo-op will take a 70% stake in Kerry Dairy Ireland, with an. option to buy remaining share by 2030Kerry Group has agreed to sell its dairy processing division in two stages to its main shareholder, Kerry Co-op, in a deal worth €500 million.The publicly-quoted food giant...

​​​​​​​Science Week 2024​Science Week 2024 will take place from the 10th – 17th November. The theme for Science Week 2024 is regeneration, and Research Ireland is calling on the public to celebrate our innate ability to reinvent, rejuvenate and regenerate.There is something for every generation, with events happening all over the country. Vi...

​​​​200 new roles for Ireland and UK as digital wellbeing provider expands​​Spectrum.Life co-founders Stephen Costello and Stuart McGoldrick​Digital health and wellbeing provider, Spectrum. Life, is to create 200 new roles over the next year.Around half the positions are expected to be created in Ireland, with the balance set for the UK, with so...

​​​​​Ireland second in Europe for hybrid and remote job listings​Ireland second in Europe for hybrid and remote job listingsIreland ranks second in Europea for both hybrid and remote work opportunities, according to new data published by LinkedIn.More than a third (37.7%) of jobs listings in Ireland are for hybrid positions that allow successful...

​​​​Eli Lilly is expanding production for its top-selling diabetes and obesity drugs. Photo: GettyEli Lilly to invest €1.6bn in Ireland to scale up obesity drug production​US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly plans to invest €1.6 billion across two manufacturing sites in Ireland to boost production of its hugely popular obesity drug and a newly appr...