Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine named Cork Chamber Company of the Year

J&J IM, which this year marks two decades in Cork, was presented with the award at Cork Chamber’s annual dinner at City Hall 

J&J IM general manager Dana Daneshvari collecting the Cork Company of the Year award at the Cork Chamber annual dinner in City Hall, with Cork Chamber CEO Conor Healy; director of people, operations & governance Naoimh Frawley; and president Rob Horgan, and Edwina McDonnell Dawson, Vodafone Ireland. Picture: Darragh Kane

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) was named Company of the Year at Cork Chamber’s annual dinner in Cork City Hall on Friday.

The company, which marks 20 years in Cork this year, has a 1,200-strong workforce located in Ringaskiddy where they produce a range of medicines, mainly for immunology and oncology patients. Over the past two decades, the company has worked to build its manufacturing capabilities and enhance its capacity.