100 jobs for thriving biotech plant

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

Tánaiste and Health Minister, Mary Harney, is expected to announce the jobs when she officially open a €125 million Biologics Fill & Finish facility for Genzyme this morning.

The company is one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies and employs 250 staff at its plant on the Cork Road. It set up in Waterford in May 2001 with the aim of recruiting up to 500 people in total.