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Buoyant life sciences sector on crest of a wave Life sciences are an anchor for the economy in tough times;  med-tech alone employs 27,000 people in c.400 companies, half of these in Irish-owned SMEs Janssen Sciences is investing €300m expanding its Ringaskiddy facility, bringing numbers employed there to around 700. The main products that to be...

​MSD announces 240 new jobs with expansion at Dunboyne Pharma giant to build research centre next to biologic medicines plant acquired this year Dominic Coyle US drug giant MSD has announced plans to create 240 jobs as it extends a biologics plant it acquired in Dunboyne, Co Meath earlier this year. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons US drug giant MS...

Making It Work: Irish firm to launch children’s cancer treatment in US Shorla Pharma recently closed a €7.4 million funding round and will target American hospital groups with its product to fight T-cell leukaemia Orlaith Ryan, left, and Sharon Cunningham, co-founders of Shorla Pharma which develops oncology drugs for women and children An innov...

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MSD’s human health drug business in Ireland McCaul will also become head of the pharma giant’s country leadership team MSD, the maker of cancer blockbuster Keytruda, has named a new head of its Irish business just as the company develops a major new plant in Swords.  Mairéad McCaul will take over as managing director of MSD’s human health busine...