MEDICAL device maker Stryker has launched an investigation into a potential manufacturing issue with a product made at its Cork facility following concerns from the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

ONE of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies confirmed it is to invest €250 million in a Co Cork plant, creating a further 150 jobs.

ELAN shares tumbled almost 7% in Dublin yesterday after it said it would hold off on releasing data from trials of its Antegren drug.

The first human clone is likely to be produced "very soon", according to an American scientist.