There are several metrics you can use to decide the “best” company. What employees say should definitely be considered.

We’ve taken employee submitted scores from two different websites and combined them to create a star rating system for Ireland’s pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing companies.

To be included in this list, a company had to have a review score on both of the websites.

To simplify this article, we’ve listed out the companies in groupings. No company scored above 4.5, so our highest ranked group is the 4-star group, who all scored 4.0 – 4.49 out of 5.

• GE Healthcare – approx 750 employees in Cork
• Pfizer – approx 5000 employees across Cork, Dublin and Kildare
• Johnson & Johnson Vision – approx 2100 employees in Limerick
• BioMarin – approx 500 employees across Dublin & Cork 
• Merck – approx 800 employees across Cork and Wicklow
• Janssen – approx 1200 employees in Cork
• Lilly – approx 2500 employees in Cork (new plant opening in Limerick)
• Siemens Healthineers – approx 450 employees in Dublin
• Servier – approx 450 employees in Wicklow 
• Boston Scientific – approx 6500 employees across Cork, Galway and Tipperary 
• Sanofi – approx 800 employees across Dublin and Waterford 
• MSD – approx 2800 employees across Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Meath and Tipperary
• Amgen – approx 1250 employees across Dublin & Waterford

• Takeda – approx 900 employees across Dublin and Wicklow 
• Edwards Lifesciences – approx 850 employees across Clare and Limerick
• Medtronic – approx 4000 employees across Dublin, Galway and Westmeath 
• Stryker – approx 5050 employees across Cork and Limerick 
• Alkermes – approx 450 employees in Roscommon 
• Harmac Medical Products – approx 360 employees in Roscommon
• Abbott – approx 5000 employees across Cavan, Donegal, Dublin, Kilkenny, Longford, Sligo and Tipperary 
• Hovione – approx 200 employees in Cork
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) – approx 650 employees in Dublin 
• Zoetis – approx 450 employees across Dublin, Offaly and Wicklow
• Regeneron – approx 1400 employees in Limerick 
• Teleflex – approx 400 employees across Limerick and Westmeath
• Jabil – approx 750 employees in Dublin and Waterford 
• Alexion – approx 750 employees across Dublin and Roscommon
• Gilead Sciences – approx 550 employees across Dublin and Cork 
• BD Medical – approx 1300 employees across Dublin, Limerick, Louth and Wexford 
• Novartis – approx 1500 employees across Cork and Dublin
• B.Braun – approx 140 employees across Dublin and Sligo 
• Teva – approx 650 employees in Waterford 
• AbbVie – approx 2600 employees across Cork, Dublin, Mayo and Sligo 
• Alcon – approx 700 employees in Cork 
• Leo Pharma – approx 550 employees in Cork and Dublin 
• Haleon – approx 900 employees in Waterford
• Niche Generics – approx 50 employees across Dublin and Tipperary
• TE Connectivity – approx 1300 employees in Galway 
• Aeire Pharmaceuticals – approx 70 employees in Westmeath
• Viatris – approx 1600 employees across Cork, Dublin and Galway
• Astellas – approx 400 employees in Dublin and Kerry
• Baxter – approx 2000 employees across Dublin and Mayo 
• Bausch & Lomb – approx 1500 employees in Waterford 
• Zimmer Biomet – approx 800 employees across Clare and Galway
• Ipsen – approx 175 employees in Dublin
• Aerogen – approx 500 employees across Clare and Galway 
• Beckman Coulter – approx 550 employees in Clare
• Sanmina – approx 200 employees in Cork
• Cook Medical  – approx 800 employees in Limerick 
• SK Biotek – approx 350 employees in Dublin

• Bimeda – approx 80 employees in Dublin
• West Pharma – approx 780 employees across Dublin and Waterford  
• Almac – approx 4000 employees across Armagh, Louth and Westmeath  
• Integer – approx 1300 employees across Galway and Wexford
• Surmodics – approx 60 employees in Galway
• Goodman Medical – approx 140 employees in Galway
• Merit Medical – approx 1000 employees in Galway 
• Charles River Laboratories – approx 170 employees in Mayo 
• ArcRoyal – approx 175 employees in Meath
• VistaMed – approx 625 employees in Leitrim
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals – approx 150 employees in Dublin & Roscommon
• Eirgen – approx 120 employees in Waterford
• Helsinn – approx 170 employees in Dublin

References

Scores were taken from Glassdoor and Indeed in December 2023

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