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Wyeth Nutritionals’ pre-tax profit drops 13% to €12.5m
Revenues decreased in spite of volumes of infant formula to China remaining relatively consistent with 2019
Vaccine plant for Dublin future proofs Pfizer network in Ireland
Cantillon: 75 jobs and $40m investment bring mRNA technology into State
Nestlé’s facility first Irish site to achieve platinum rating for water stewardship
Platinum rating achieved by Co Limerick nutrition plant is the highest level of certification
Closing the business circle worth upwards of €1.8tn
Circular business is about keeping materials ‘alive’ and in use for as long as it is possible
‘Completely different economy’ needed to tackle emissions
New initiative Circuléire is aimed at improving environment and cutting waste
Redundancies sought at baby formula factory in Limerick
Nestle-owned Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland is seeking redundancies from its 600 staff ‘to reshape the factory’s operations’
Carlow cleantech company Microgen Biotech raises $3.8m
Company has developed technology to ensure better food safety and soil health
How Ireland’s food industry is staying ahead of consumer trends
Process, product and marketing innovation remain vital to success of industry
Coronavirus: The Irishman researching how vaccines can be more effective in older people
Research Lives: Dr David Dowling, principal investigator, Adjuvant Discovery & Development Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital; instructor in paediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Dr Pepper and 7Up maker to create 50 jobs with new Co Kildare plant
US food and beverage group will recruit for roles in manufacturing facility in Newbridge
Dr Pepper owner in talks to take over former Lidl distribution centre
Group whose brands also include Krispy Kreme looking to seal deal in Co Kildare
IDA pays €10m for Kildare site suited to ‘mega-client’ investor
Desirable location near M7 makes site ideal for business park or single big multinational
Nestlé Ireland generates pre-tax profit of nearly €39 million
Swiss food giant employs around 750 people in the Republic
Biogas sector seeks State subsidy in excess of €116m
Consumers could pay extra €5.70 monthly to fund farm-waste conversion into gas and cut emissions
‘We’re not even using the UK as a landbridge’
Ger Brennan, who runs the Irish operation of MSD, is Brexit-ready and focusing on other issues
Shanghai expo sends clear message to Trump
Huge trade fair invites foreign companies to showcase goods to Chinese consumers
Three lots of industrial land covering 224.8 acres in Newbridge
The industrial, agricultural and unzoned lots are available separately or all together
Wyeth reports strong performance on Chinese demand
Infant formula producer sees full-year turnover jump to $655.8m
Trump tax reform to speed up acquisitions by big pharma companies
New lower income-tax rate encourages US companies to repatriate billions of dollars in foreign profits held abroad
PR company Wilson Hartnell appoints new head of corporate practice
Peter O’Brien will take over from Sheila Gahan who held the role for 8 years
Nestlé Ireland back in the black despite dip in turnover
Sister company Wyeth Nutritionals recorded profit increase of 105% to over $306m
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: At the Brexit crossroads, go east
Government’s Brexit message differs in subtle but important ways depending on audience
Pfizer bounces back from Allergan setback by buying, buying, buying
The drug giant’s point man in Ireland talks about acquisitions, setbacks, prices and Trump
Pfizer cancels €400m Dublin expansion after drug setback
Project promising 1,250 construction roles pulled after failure of key cholesterol drug
Profits double at Nestlé’s Irish infant formula business
Turnover jumps at Wyeth Nutritionals but second Nestlé subsidary slips into the red
Irish biotech firm Nuritas reports loss after costs rise in first full year of operation
Dublin-based company reportedly raised a further €2m in investor funding
Moody’s cuts outlook on China government credit to ‘negative’
Ratings agency cites pressure to reform and growing state debt burden
Nestle’s Irish subsidiary reports sharp rise in revenues
Food group also saw turnover jump from €118m to €142m in 2014, new accounts show
Cantillon: Formula for China relies on low breast-feeding rates
Chinese ban on ‘unethical’ milk substitute ads would hit the Irish dairy sector hard
Pfizer and Allergan will have to find right mix
Integrating two companies with wildly differing corporate cultures will be far from straightforward
Ireland now second biggest exporter of infant formula to China
Bord Bia figures reveal Ireland’s booming trade with 13,100 tonnes in first half of year
Making medicines cheaper, more efficient and safer
SFI-funded research playing key role in developing better biopharma drugs
Businessman for whom the pitch is actually the product
George Mullan has been in risky environments where guns have been touted. He leads SIS pitch providers
Milking it: what’s in store for the Irish dairy industry when quotas end
In the post-quota milk world, social and geopolitcal upheavals from Shanghai to Moscow will be felt in Irish farms and fields
Elan drug trial inside trader sentenced to nine years in prison
Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital made $275m on illicit trade in profits and losses averted by selling off shares in Elan and Wyeth
Point72 chief Cohen loses bid to dismiss lawsuits by investors
Elan and Wyeth shareholders claim former SAC Capital lost money over insider trading
Deals and rumours of deals send pharma sector into a spin
London Briefing: major drug shares in UK soar on talk of mergers, acquisitions and asset swaps
Martoma convicted over $700m insider trading scheme at SAC
Hedge fund sold off position in Elan, Wyeth after tip off about trials
Fund manager in insider trading case accused of seeking ‘illegal edge’
Prosecuters allege Mathew Martoma ‘corrupted’ doctors to see drug trial results
SAC insider trading trial begins in US
Trial part of a crackdown on insider trading by federal prosecutors in New York
MSD closure has an impact on ‘whole Swords area, the wider community’
‘Your age and everything else is against you in today’s world trying to find another job’
Pfizer to invest $130m in two Irish plants
US company will inject $100m into Grange Castle biologics unit and $30m at Ringaskiddy
Defendant in SAC Capital insider trading case seeks dismissal of Elan element of lawsuit
Lawyer cites court ruling on lack of protection for foreign investors buying stock on exchanges outside US
China’s investigation of foreign companies for alleged price fixing extends to pharmaceuticals industry
Inquiry into pricing practices at 60 domestic and foreign drugmakers
‘Little blue pill’ heads over the cliff in another headache for big pharma
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