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Professional Services 70 - Activities of head offices and management consultancy 70.2 - Business and other management consultancy activities 70.20 - Business and other management consultancy activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
8 May 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
PRA, a US clinical research company, has announced plans to create 100 new jobs in Swansea as a result of a £1.29m grant by the Welsh government. The company will set up a multilingual help desk increasing the number of jobs collecting and managing scientific data. The new posts will be in the collection and management of the data from trials, the management of safety and efficacy profiles of drugs, and the presentation of data to regulatory bodies around the world. PRA is targeting applicants with backgrounds in biology, medicine and mathematics.
Sources
8 May 2013: PRA (press release)
8 May 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), PRA, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75364, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75364.