Pharmaceutical giant to buy Irish pharma plant
Gilead Sciences Inc, a world leader in the development of treatments for a whole range of illnesses including HIV/AIDS, chronic hepatitis, cardiopulmonary conditions and respiratory diseases, is to buy the Nycomed Limited pharma plant in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork.
Gilead’s drug Atripla was the first one-pill-a-day treatment regimen for HIV infection.