Novartis to hand over lab facilities in Ireland to SGS

The job losses announced in 2019 are not impacted by today’s announcement

Novartis Ireland currently employs over 1,400 people across three locations in Cork and Dublin but announced plans in 2019 to cut 320 jobs at part of its Ringaskiddy facility in Cork over a two year period.

Novartis has entered into an agreement with Swiss firm SGS to divest assets from the Novartis International Service Laboratory on the Ringaskiddy campus.

Under the terms of the deal, the 100 Novartis staff currently working at the Laboratories will transfer to SGS.