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Westport’s status as the ‘Botox capital of the world’ is confirmed with new figures showing that pharma giant, Allergan has sold $4bn (€3.6bn) of the anti-wrinkle treatment from its Co Mayo plant over the past two years. Numerous Hollywood stars and celebrities have admitted they have used the wrinkle-erasing drug in the past. However, the use o...

Eli Lilly to buy cancer pharma company for $8bn The move to buy Loxo Oncology is the second multibillion-dollar cancer deal of the year by a major US pharma giant Loxo is developing cancer treatments that target a tumors’ genetic markers regardless of where in the body they’re located Eli Lilly to buy cancer pharma company for $8bn US pharma gia...

Cork researchers in breakthrough over infant brain injury detection HIE affects around 200 babies in Ireland every year and results in death or disability in more than two million babies worldwide Researchers in Cork have identified two biomarkers or biochemical signals which can be used to aid the detection of a lack of oxygen to the brain in n...

The tie-up between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene will create a company with more than $1 billion in annual sales and a significant potential for growth Bristol-Myers Squibb has said it would buy Celgene Corp for about $74 billion, creating a pharma company with several blockbuster cancer drugs and making it one of the biggest mergers on recor...

New technological university Ireland’s largest third-level body Technological University Dublin has 28,000 students with Grangegorman main campus Technological University Dublin: main campus is at Grangegorman and it has a staff of 3,000-plus. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Ireland’s first technological university has been formally established by ...

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100 jobs announced for pharma company in Tralee Pharmaceutical packaging company Central Pharma is to create 100 jobs over the next five years in Co Kerry. The privately-owned British company said Ireland offers it a stable environment post-brexit. Central Pharma is a leading provider of packaging and supply chain services for pharmaceutical and...

Director of Quality Assurance, Dublin pharma / med device Reporting to the Vice President of Technical Operations, this newly created management position will be responsible for the management of Quality and Compliance functions across the Development and Operations activities in Dublin: Ensure that all activities are in compliance with US, Cana...

Government provides €75m in funding for ‘disruptive’ projects A scheme to help communities generate their own electricity, new treatments for sepsis, and advanced 3D printing of medical implants are just some of the projects to share €75 million in Government funding for “disruptive technologies”. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Innovati...