Biotech giant to create 40 jobs at Cork hub

A global biotech giant announced 40 new jobs yesterday as it began commissioning its new Irish manufacturing plant — its first outside the US.

Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton hailed BioMarin’s investment and expansion at the former Pfizer plant in Shanbally, near Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, as a major success for the IDA.

“This is the first time BioMarin are internationalising out of the US,” he said.