Production expected to be underway by year's end.
Pfizer, which employs thousands of people in Newbridge is to start making its Covid-19 vaccine in Ireland...but not in Kildare.
75 new jobs will be created at the pharmaceutical company's facility in Grange Castle, Dublin to help with development.
Confirmed – Pfizer announces Covid-19 vaccine production in Dublin https://t.co/yUyYjSxOvG
— The Currency (@thecurrency) May 19, 2021
Pfizer will start producing substances for the vaccine at the site by the end of the year.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has welcome the news saying it puts Ireland at the heart of the EU’s fight against the pandemic.
Bernard Mallee from the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association agrees:
Great news that @Pfizer_Ireland will soon begin production of #CovidVaccines here in Ireland.
— Micheál Martin (@MichealMartinTD) May 19, 2021
Not only will the $40m investment create 75 new jobs at Grange Castle in Dublin – it also puts Ireland at the heart of the EU’s fight against the pandemic.
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