Pfizer

Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
14 September 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer recently announced that it is to expand its Dublin plant, with 200 extra jobs to be created over the next five years. The Dublin plant currently employs about 150 people and produces a number of products, including an antibiotic, a breast cancer drug and a treatment for yeast infection.

Sources

  • 15 September 2004: The Irish Independent

Citation

Eurofound (2004), Pfizer, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 60524, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60524.