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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
15 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
15 February 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Pharmaceutical company MSD is creating 200 new jobs by the end of 2016, across its plants in counties Carlow, Cork and Tipperary.
110 of the new jobs are to be established at Carlow, 50 in Cork and 40 in Tipperary.
The new roles are described as in operations, quality, engineering, supply chain and commercial operations.
MSD work in healthcare solutions and innovative medicines, focusing on diabetes, heart disease, immunology, oncology, infectious diseases, women’s health and anaesthesia.
Sources
15 February 2016: RTE
15 February 2016: Silicon Republic.com
15 February 2016: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2016), MSD, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 86488, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86488.