Pfizer confirms 160 jobs are safe in Cork amid global upturn

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has confirmed 160 jobs at one of its plants in Co Cork are safe for the foreseeable future due to a global upturn in demand for anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor.

The company’s Little Island plant had been earmarked for closure last August after an announcement, a year earlier, about job losses after Lipitor came off patent.

However, instead of a predicted crash, the opposite occurred and delighted staff were advised of job security for the foreseeable future.