Shire's $400 Million Commitment to Create 400 New Jobs in Ireland
Pharma group Shire is create 400 jobs in Co Meath over the next four years as part of a $400 million investment in the Republic.
The company said it plans to create a “new, state of the art” biologics manufacturing campus on a 120 acre site at Piercetown, Co Meath. Construction of the new site will begin in the middle of this year with the site expected to be operational by mid-2019.
Shire chief executive Flemming Ornskov said the project was “fundamental” to its goal of becoming the world’s leading biotechnology company focused on rare diseases and other speciality conditions.
The company said it plans to create a “new, state of the art” biologics manufacturing campus on a 120 acre site at Piercetown, Co Meath. Construction of the new site will begin in the middle of this year with the site expected to be operational by mid-2019.
Shire chief executive Flemming Ornskov said the project was “fundamental” to its goal of becoming the world’s leading biotechnology company focused on rare diseases and other speciality conditions.