Pharmaceutical firm creates 200 new jobs for Dublin

One of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies is creating 200 new jobs in Dublin.

Pfizer Incorporated, which manufactures products such as Viagra and Listerine, is establishing its European Finance operation at the Irish Financial Services Centre in the city.

The company already employs 1,600 people at its facilities in Cork and Dublin. It said it had chosen Dublin in the face of strong competition because of the access to a skilled workforce.