In this week’s Q&A Kehlan talks with the chief executive of pharmaceuticals company EirGen, Patsy Carney. EirGen recently announced a brand new facility in Waterford along with over 200 jobs. EirGen is part of OPKO, a Miami-based pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, which operates the third largest clinical laboratory in the US.

An expansion by a Waterford-based healthcare company which makes cancer treatment drugs will create 200 highly-skilled jobs over the next five years.

Two hundred new jobs have been announced in Waterford.