Planning permission granted for new Shire manufacturing site in Ireland
Site will use the latest bioprocessing techniques and will employ flexible production strategies to enable it to supply both clinical- and commercial-scale products.
Shire has received formal planning permission for its new state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing facility on a 120 acre site at Piercetown, County Meath.
“We are pleased to have met this important milestone as we move forward in preparation to start building our new manufacturing plant,” commented Tim Kelly, Senior Vice President of Biologics Operations at Shire. “This expansion of our manufacturing capability will help us to support even more patients with our innovative rare disease products and pipeline.
“We are delighted to be expanding our operations in Ireland and will now start to recruit the leaders of our new team, which will eventually consist of approximately 400 highly skilled, full time jobs in the areas of R&D, operations, technical staff, engineering and construction.”
The site will use the latest bioprocessing techniques and will employ flexible production strategies to enable it to supply both clinical and commercial scale products. Recruitment has started and will extend into next year.
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