Pfizer, innovating for more than five decades in Ireland

Dr Paul Duffy, Vice President, Pfizer Global Supply, says the company is very proud to be one of Ireland’s longest established and largest employers

Unveiling the refurbished Cork Simon Riverview apartments, Andersons Quay, Cork, in September 2019 (pre-Covid): Dermot Kelly, Director CMC Strategy, Global Regulatory Affairs, Pfizer; Clair Murphy, site lead, Pfizer Ringaskiddy, Dermot Kavanagh, director of Cork Simon, and Josephine Crinnion, Cork Simon project worker. The refurbishment project was solely supported by Pfizer. The renovation included a full refit of the kitchen living areas, bedrooms and bathrooms. Picture: Adrian O’Herlihy

In 1969, Pfizer became one of the first biopharmaceutical companies to locate to Ireland, establishing a base in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. Pfizer has since become both the largest pharmaceutical sector investor in the country and one of Ireland’s leading employers.

Today there are over 800 people at the Ringaskiddy site, and a combined workforce of more than 4,000 people across five locations in Cork, Kildare and Dublin.