The United Kingdom is a world-renowned leader in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing. These industries are well-developed and growing strongly throughout the country. At present, 7 of the Top Pharmaceutical Companies in the World have a manufacturing presence in the UK alongside a number of the Top Medical Device Companies in the World, including Johnson & [...]

What Was New in 2018? Several new facilities opened across Ireland in 2018, including... Agilent On November 16th, Agilent officially opened its new purpose-built R&D extension within its Little Island, Cork site. This new facility will allow both cell analysis and biosensor development. The opening also marked the company's integration of the newly acquired biotech start-up [...]

We are thrilled to announce that GetReskilled and DIT have been awarded the Pharma Education & Training Award at the Pharma Industry Awards 2018! Our joint programme, the BSc in the Manufacture of Medicinal Products was announced as the category winner at the awards ceremony on Tuesday 23rd October, at the Clayton Hotel in [...]

Dublin’s Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Industry at a Glance Over 7,600 people directly employed in Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Manufacturing Home to manufacturing sites for 4 of the world's top 10 pharmaceutical companies More than 35 companies have manufacturing sites. Dublin consistently ranks in the top 2 counties for available Pharmaceutical and MedTech jobs in Ireland. [...]

Cork's Pharma Industry at a Glance Over 10,000 are people directly employed by Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturing Companies in Cork. Many more are employed indirectly. Home to 6 of the world's top 10 pharmaceutical companies More than 25 companies have manufacturing sites Sites in the county include a Shingo Prize Winner for [...]

IQ OQ PQ are 3 independent procedures used together to check and test that a mechanical or software system meets its design requirements, specifications and operates the way in which it was designed under load. IQ stands for Installation Qualification, OQ is Operational Qualification, and PQ is Performance Qualification and is an exhaustive, time consuming [...]

If you’ve paid any attention to Ireland’s pharma/medtech industry recently, you’ll know it’s booming. Investment announcements are a regular occurrence and people with completely unrelated backgrounds can now be trained to work in this manufacturing sector (many have even done so for free through the government’s Springboard programme). But how do you actually [...]

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that GetReskilled and Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) were awarded the title of Best Online Learning Experience 2018 at The Education Awards 2018! On Thursday 19 April 2018 at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin, attendees from across the education sector gathered to hear the results and reflect on the previous [...]

Check out this pharmaceutical and medical device company career page directory to help you with your job hunt. It includes over 250 links to: Multinational Companies Indigenous Companies Engineering Consultancies Companies Without Career Pages Recruitment Companies Job Websites Relevant LinkedIn Groups Multinational and Indigenous Companies The companies listed in this section are multinational and indigenous pharmaceutical [...]