Ministers hail €450m pharma plan in Dublin

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton has hailed plans by US company Alexion Pharmaceuticals to invest €450m in expanding its facility in west Dublin as one of the largest healthcare investments ever made in the State.

The investment will create 800 construction jobs over the next four years in building the facilities and 200 long-term jobs when the 20,000sq m plant at College Park, Blanchardstown, is completed.

The project marks one of the largest pharmaceutical projects attracted by the IDA to Ireland. Alexion, which came to Ireland only two years ago, already employs about 170 staff at a base in Athlone and at the first phase of its College Park global supply chain facility at Blanchardstown.