Rising to the challenge of selling vaccines in Trumpworld
Samantha Humphreys is charged with leading MSD’s Irish business including key cancer drug and vaccine plants
Merck
MSD shares sink 11% after vaccine shipments to China are halted
Drugmaker pauses HPV Gardasil exports as rival Pfizer gets boost from better than expected Covid vaccine and pill sales
Markets nudge upwards ahead of Fed rate cut announcement
On Iseq Dalata shares rise as do those of housebuilder Glenveagh
Fitzwilliam Hotel owner seeks €3.8m for Georgian gem with historic links to titans of US and Irish industry
No 66 was home to a member of the Merck family dynasty and was owned at one point by former billionaire media mogul Sir Anthony O’Reilly
Shares in Europe slip as euro area inflation figures disappoint and Bank of England holds the line
Iseq index finished down 0.6%, weighted down by banks and packaging names
European shares recoup losses but JD Sports shares plunge after profit warning
Ryanair arrests its slide with airline gaining 0.4% on Dublin listing
US pharma fights back against Biden campaign to cut prices
President argues Americans pay far too much for their drugs but the power of pharma stands in his way
Cancer vaccine research has reached turning point, experts say
Researchers believe personalised medicine and vaccines are probably the next big thing in the quest to reduce cancer deaths
Irish software company Workhuman to cut about 10% of global workforce
Workhuman, which specialises in employee reward and incentive programmes for companies worldwide, employs 600 people in Ireland
From low unemployment to record exchequer returns: Reasons to be optimistic about the Irish economy in 2023
Ireland has moved from a position when a lot of factors were in its favour to a more mixed picture
It’s time for parasites to get a little more respect
Irish man who made worms a defining element of his glittering career has been honoured in his native Co Donegal
Ireland to the fore in delivering powerhouse cancer drug
MSD’s recently opened Keytruda manufacturing site in Swords is just the latest landmark investment by the US giant in Ireland
Fintan O’Toole: The Irish are living an American dream. Or hallucination. Or delusion
In a staggering level of exposure 10 per cent of all tax revenue in Ireland is now coming from just 10 American corporations
Stocks struggle amid UK bond market jitters
US stocks looked to snap a losing streak as investors await earnings and inflation data
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