Latest News From Pharmachem
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Pharma group Jazz opens Athlone manufacturing plant
02 August, 2016
Jazz pharmaceuticals, an international biopharmaceutical company, is beginning work on a second facility in Ireland.
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08 August, 2016
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Limerick tech firm secures $6m funding from investors
08 August, 2016
A medical device company which has facilities in Limerick has just received $6m from investors. Teckro, the Limerick based company, intend to use this capital to modernize the clinical trial process.
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Alexion announces new €100m facility in Athlone
09 August, 2016
Project will deliver 50 jobs with workforce projected to reach 500 by 2019
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Future Skills Needs of the Biopharma Industry in Ireland
11 August, 2016
An investigation has been carried out by the department of jobs, enterprise and innovation into the future skills needs of the Irish workforce. The findings of this report are presented in the link below. Within this report, a program that the pharmachemskillnet has run is featured on page 40. This course generated fantastic results.
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New diabetes and cancer drugs deliver for Eli Lilly
15 August, 2016
It is fantastic to see a company based in Ireland doing so well. Eli Lilly, who are located in Dublin and Cork have recorded profits that surpassed estimates. This was due to their new diabetes and cancer drugs. These drugs include: Trulicity, Cyramza and Humalog. Eli Lilly have doubled their Irish workforce in the past five years. It is a good time to be working within the pharmaceuticals sector in Ireland.
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Ireland wants EU drug agency to move to Dublin after Brexit
17 August, 2016
In the aftermath of Britain's exit from the European union, Ireland is set to become the seat of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). This would put us at the forefront of the Pharmaceutical industry in Europe.
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Sterilization Depyrogenation Program
18 August, 2016
The Pharmachemskillnet is looking to source a provider to deliver a Sterilization Depyrogenation program in Q4 2016. If your company is in a position to quote for this please contact Susan at susancostello@pharmachemskillnet.ie no later than Wednesday the 23rd of August 2016
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Forensic Auditing - Data Integrity Program
18 August, 2016
The Pharmachemskillnet is looking to source a provider to deliver a Forensic Auditing - data integrity program in Q4 2016. If your company is in a position to quote for this please contact Susan at susancostello@pharmachemskillnet.ie no later than Friday the 26th of August 2016.
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Innovation awards: Sothic Bioscience could save horseshoe crab from extinction
22 August, 2016
A cork based pharmaceutical start up company has developed a synthetic equivalent to limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL). This is a compound found in horeshoe crab blood. LAL is used to detect the presence of pyrogens and bacterial contamination in injectable or implantable medical devices. This innovation will not only bring jobs to Cork in the manufacture and quality control of the synthetic equivalent of LAL, it will also help conserve horseshoe crab numbers in the Atlantic sea.
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Ireland has the perfect DNA to lead the global biopharma revolution
24 August, 2016
Ireland has all of the ingredients to make it one of the forerunners of the biopharmaceutical industry. These ingredients include an educated workforce, substantial government endorsement and the establishment of world class training institutions such as the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT). This makes it a fantastic time to be beginning a career within the sector.
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Waterford looks forward to 200 new jobs at Pharmaceutical firm
26 August, 2016
The high potency drug producer EirGen Pharma is to employ 200 new workers in their Waterford based company. Founded in 2005 this company has gone from strength to strength. Last year EirGen was acquired by pharmaceutical giant, Opko. This will open up many opportunities within the pharma sector in Waterford City.
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Up to 8,400 Job Openings to Arise in the Irish Biopharma Sector by 2020
29 August, 2016
The biopharmaceutical industry in Ireland is set to continue to grow well into the future. It is projected that there will be 8,400 new jobs within the sector between now and 2020.
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VistaMed to Create 200 New Jobs in Co Leitrim
31 August, 2016
More good news for the medical device industry in Ireland. VistaMed produces catheters at a plant in Carrick-On-Shannon in Co. Leitrim. This plant specializes in the assembly of catheters. It is one of two VistaMad plants in Ireland. The other plant, in Roosky, Co. Rosscommon, is dedicated to the extrusion of the catheters.