Pfizer is one of Ireland’s leading employers and the largest pharmaceutical sector investor and employer. One of the first pharmaceutical companies to locate in Ireland (1969), Pfizer has a rich heritage of innovation and expansion over a forty year period. Pfizer has over 4,000 colleagues across 8 locations based in Cork, Dublin, Kildare and Limerick. Pfizer’s business interests in Ireland are diverse. There is a manufacturing presence in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Solid Dose Pharmaceuticals, Sterile Injectables, Nutritionals, Vaccines and Biopharmaceuticals; commercial Human Prescription, Animal Health and Consumer Health products businesses; Global Financial Services centre and a Global Treasury operation. The Irish operations manufacture some of Pfizer’s best-selling and newest medicines including Viagra (urology), Sutent (oncology), Enbrel (rheumatology) and Prevenar (vaccines). Ireland is a leading manufacturing base for Pfizer globally, exporting to global markets. Total capital investment by the company in Ireland exceeds $7billion.
The Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group is responsible for bringing residents of Ireland a number of important medicines that play a key role in the treatment of a wide range of illnesses and conditions. These medicines are helping shape a society in which people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.
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Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals
Address: Ringaskiddy Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Plant, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork
Tel:021 4378 701
Pfizer Healthcare Ireland
Address: The Pfizer Building, 9 Riverwalk, National Digital Park, Ciywest Business Campus, Dublin 24
Tel: 01 4676500
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