Merck Sharp Dohme (MSD)

Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland; Eastern and Midland; Dublin
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin
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
150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
13 May 2010
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2010
Foreseen end date

Description

US-owned pharmaceutical multinational, Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) is to create 150 jobs in Dublin due to the opening of a new business services centre. MSD is establishing its European, Middle East and Africa (Emea) shared business services centre in the Irish capital. MSD, which merged with Schering-Plough, employs about 2,300 people in total across its various plants in Counties Wicklow, Carlow, Tipperary, Cork and Dublin.

Sources

  • 14 May 2010: The Irish Times

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Merck Sharp Dohme (MSD), Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 70566, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70566.