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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
Announcement Date
19 October 2015
Employment effect (start)
19 October 2015
Foreseen end date
19 October 2017
Description
Pharmaceutical firm Regeneron is creating 200 new jobs over the next two years, as part of a €310 million investment. The company's plant is in Raheen, Co. Limerick, where 300 are already employed. The jobs are in roles such as commercial manufacturing, process sciences, quality assurance/control and various support functions for scientists, chemists and technicians. The plant in Limerick is the American company's only manufacturing plant outside of the USA.
Sources
19 October 2015: RTE
19 October 2015: Silicon Republic.com
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Regeneron, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 85122, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/85122.