US company Jazz Pharmaceuticals has bought Irish firm Azur Pharma in a deal that creates a €1.5 billion specialty drug company headquartered in Dublin.

Now named Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc, it has about 430 employees - 20 in Dublin - with offices also in Philadelphia and Palo ...read more

Univar has recently become the first chemical distribution company to be awarded a Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Passport by IEA Life Sciences Ireland. The company joins a select group of companies based in Ireland that have been awarded a GDP Passport.

Univar is one of the world's ...read more

The Board of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has appointed Professor Mark Ferguson as Director General of the organisation. Professor Ferguson, a native of Northern Ireland, will take up the position on January 16th 2012. The appointment is for a five-year term.

A leading academic for ...read more

Almac has opened a new £3m building at its Craigavon headquarters from which staff will provide services to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Around 150 staff who work for Almac's Clinical Services Business Unit have just moved to the new 30,000 sq ft building to consolidate its ...read more

Major site expansion will lead to the creation of 200 new jobs in Westport Co. Mayo
IDA Ireland has(Monday January 9th, 2012), welcomed the announcement by Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ireland that it is to invest $350 million in its Westport operation to expand both its development and ...read more