Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of global biotechnology company Genzyme last year increased by 24% to €43m as revenues topped €1.18bn for the first time.

PRE-TAX profits at the Irish arm of global biotechnology company Genzyme increased 30% to €34.8 million last year, with revenues reaching almost €1 billion.

AN ANNUAL national roadshow that will unleash a world of learning and fun to more than 750 secondary students in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick is underway in Waterford Institute of Technology.

A BIOTECHNOLOGY company that employs more than 400 people at its Waterford campus will mark European Rare Disease Day today with a balloon release into the city.

WATERFORD-BASED biotechnology company Genzyme Ireland is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its establishment in Boston with confirmation that 50 jobs are to be created in the south-east by the end of the year.

UP to 100 new jobs are expected to be announced for Waterford today at a thriving biotechnology plant which already employs 250 people.

IN a major development, Waterford -based Genzyme Corp. of the United States announced FDA approval for the production of Renagel, a further step toward consolidating the group’s Irish manufacturing presence, the company said.

A PHARMACEUTICALS multinational, which is developing a new €150 million plant in Waterford city, said yesterday its project is well on track and it could not have picked a more suitable location for the development.