The best Pharma/Biotech companies to work for in Dublin

shadowcomplex · 26-03-2015 02:33PM #1

There are quite a few Pharma/Biotech companies in Dublin such as

Bimeda
Astellas
Pfizer
Takeda
BMS
Mylan

Pfizer aside I'm not that familiar with the others, can someone tell me what are the better ones to work for in Dublin, specifically Bimeda and Astellas?I am already in full-time employment down south but considering a move to Dublin but I want to move to a good place to work

sebcity · 26-03-2015 03:38PM

Would you be looking to work in an office, a lab or a plant?

Sugar Free · 26-03-2015 04:47PM

Off the top of my head (I've no doubt missed some):

Aspen
Merck
Roche
Novartis
Sanofi
J&J / Janssen
GSK
Bayer
Lundbeck
Jazz
AbbVie

Good few of those around Sandyford and Citywest areas. However a lot of these will be small commercial or shared services places. I suspect you are looking for manufacturing going by the companies you listed and I don't have first or second hand knowledge of the two you're interested in unfortunately.

Edit: Quick check of some LinkedIn connections reminded me of:

Amgen
Alexion
Merck Serono
Forest

Edit #2:

CRO's:

ICON
Quintiles
ICORG

And maybe others, more familiar with the pharma side of things.

maxwell smart · 26-03-2015 04:56PM

Alexion is a very good company to work for. Nice conditions and treat their staff very well from what I have heard.

They are in a big recruitment drive at the moment I think?

Icon Clinical might be work an investigation too

Sugar Free · 26-03-2015 05:03PM

maxwell smart wrote: »

Alexion is a very good company to work for. Nice conditions and treat their staff very well from what I have heard.
They are in a big recruitment drive at the moment I think?
Icon Clinical might be work an investigation too

ICON is a CRO though not pharma though obviously there are cross over of roles given the business the two industries do with each other.

shadowcomplex · 26-03-2015 05:48PM

sebcity wrote: »

Would you be looking to work in an office, a lab or a plant?

Lab or Manufacturing

shadowcomplex · 26-03-2015 05:56PM

maxwell smart wrote: »

Alexion is a very good company to work for. Nice conditions and treat their staff very well from what I have heard.

They are in a big recruitment drive at the moment I think?

Icon Clinical might be work an investigation too

Is it true though that Alexion only have a manufacturing site in westmeath with only a business office in dublin

Sugar Free · 26-03-2015 07:11PM

Mylan, Amgen, BMS, Takeda and Forest definitely have manufacturing/labs in Dublin.

Of the CRO's, ICON is the only one with labs in Dublin to my knowledge.

Most of the companies forming the 'big ten' with locations in Dublin are only offices.

sebcity · 26-03-2015 07:26PM

MSD (Merck) have a plant in Swords. Closing down in 2017 I think.
Amgen and Mylan are the only other ones I know.

maxwell smart · 26-03-2015 09:02PM

shadowcomplex wrote: »

Is it true though that Alexion only have a manufacturing site in westmeath with only a business office in dublin

yes that is correct, apologies I didn't realise you were looking for a lab job!

i know it's not what you are looking for but would you try Intel? Might be worth a shot?

j@utis · 26-03-2015 09:04PM

takeda will barely pay you a minimum wage. shower of <...>, stay away, would not recommend.

The best Pharma/Biotech companies to work for in Dublin

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