EirGen €3m expansion yields 20 jobs

WATERFORD pharmaceutical firm EirGen is investing €3.3 million in an expansion that is expected to create 20 jobs.

The investment will see the company expand its research and development and manufacturing operations at the Waterford plant in a move that will bring total employment to 40 over the next two years.

EirGen said the financial injection will position it to service its growing number of clients in pharmaceutical companies worldwide. EirGen is a specialist pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of drugs used in cancer treatment.