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PFIZER HAS REVERSED a decision to close its manufacturing plant in Little Island, securing about 130 jobs.
The company said the Cork facility has grown again in importance due to strong sales of Lipitor (atorvastatin), the cholesterol-lowering medication made there.
A statement also cited the operation’s “demonstrated commitment and continued excellence” as drivers for the decision to keep it open.
The good news comes almost two years after Pfizer announced plans to consolidate its manufacturing operations in Ireland, which included an exit from Little Island.
“At that time we expected to be fully out of Little Island by August of 2014,” the pharma giant said today. “In mid-2014, due to an unexpected increase in atorvastatin demand, the initial Little Island facility exit was revised to the third quarter of 2015.”
“The Little Island site has continued to demonstrate the highest levels of performance, flexibility and commitment to the work we are doing here and I am proud of what has been achieved,” added Seamus Fives, the site leader in Little Island and Ringaskiddy.
The plaudits do come with a warning, however, as supply need reviews will continue into the future.
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Great news!
Site leader = no union, am I right? No wonder they stayed!!! Great news
Why a pic of a football??
As Harry Redknapp might say:
“Resowlt my saaan!”
Very welcome news.
Phew!
Great great news for all the workers not so great for all the extra people who have high cholesterol!
I meant my comment to indicate that it is not good news for all the extra people who have high cholesterol which is what the Lipitor drug is for. But of course I am delighted of course that it is being manufactured in Ireland. Too easy to slip on the comment button!
Can’t wait for the FG trolls to come on and say Enda deserves praise for this and he probably does, lots more people can’t afford a healthy diet these days.
Carrots €0,39 in aldi today.
Tomatoes, onions and aubergine 49 cents in Lidl.
4 hours later and not one person has said that. Gonna admit you were wrong, Martin?
Just shows that cheap generics are not always a winner. In the case of pills with lethal API (if dosage is incorrect), quality over cost every time.
Well done… They were able to keep it up… and running.
The weak euro vs the dollar helped too
If you don’t want to know the results of today’s matches please look away now.
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