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27/11/2007
Vaccine Facility Creates 170 Pharmaceutical Jobs
Pharmaceutical company Merck has announced plans to establish a new €200 million strategic vaccine facility in Carlow, with the creation of 170 new jobs.
The company, the seventh largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has the support of IDA Ireland.
The project will support Merck's expanding global business in human vaccines and biologics and will create the new jobs by 2011. The jobs will range across all areas of management, quality control, production, engineering, R&D and administration.
The new Carlow facility, which will be the first stand-alone human vaccine project in Ireland, will involve a formulation and sterile filing operation and an R&D team to support a number of recently launched vaccines and new products in the future.
Micheál Martin, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, said: "This is an excellent day for Carlow and the whole South-East region as it will provide extensive high quality employment opportunities.
"It will also provide a significant cumulative boost for the region's economy as, initially, it will provide several hundred jobs in the construction phase and, subsequently, through the facility's operation, its need for numerous specialist services, purchases of support activities, and the overall ripple effect created by such a substantial investment.
"The global competition for this investment has been intense and the decision to locate it in Ireland follows an international site selection study by Merck," said Mr Martin.
(KMcA)
The company, the seventh largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has the support of IDA Ireland.
The project will support Merck's expanding global business in human vaccines and biologics and will create the new jobs by 2011. The jobs will range across all areas of management, quality control, production, engineering, R&D and administration.
The new Carlow facility, which will be the first stand-alone human vaccine project in Ireland, will involve a formulation and sterile filing operation and an R&D team to support a number of recently launched vaccines and new products in the future.
Micheál Martin, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, said: "This is an excellent day for Carlow and the whole South-East region as it will provide extensive high quality employment opportunities.
"It will also provide a significant cumulative boost for the region's economy as, initially, it will provide several hundred jobs in the construction phase and, subsequently, through the facility's operation, its need for numerous specialist services, purchases of support activities, and the overall ripple effect created by such a substantial investment.
"The global competition for this investment has been intense and the decision to locate it in Ireland follows an international site selection study by Merck," said Mr Martin.
(KMcA)
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