Pharma firms create 300 research jobs

ALMOST 300 jobs were announced yesterday as part of the first phase of a huge pharmaceutical enterprise planned for unemployment blackspot Tralee, Co Kerry.

Over the next four years, between 40 and 50 medium-sized businesses, including some top international names, will form part of the €4.7 billion Global Pharmaceutical Centre of Excellence (GPCE) project.

The aim is to have 4,700 people employed in what is being flagged as one of the biggest research centres of its kind in Europe.