Ireland is one of EU's largest exporters of medicines

Irish drug exports dwarfs those of Italy and the Netherlands

The main destination of exports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products in 2022 was the United States, accounting for almost a third.

Ireland was the third-largest exporter of medicinal products in the EU last year.

New figures from the EU's statistics body Eurostat show Ireland exported €42bn in medicines last year behind the continent's largest exporter Germany with €68bn and Belgium at €56bn.