By: Claire Wilson. Last Updated: December 2024

Regeneron in Dublin and Limerick, Ireland- GetReskilled

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Overview of Regeneron Worldwide

  • Total Sales 2023: $13.1 billion
  • R&D Spend 2023: $4.4 billion
  • Global Number of Employees 2023: 13,450

Biopharmaceutical company Regeneron was founded in 1988, by physician-scientists in New York, USA.

Still led by physician-scientists today, the company employs approximately 13,500 people and provides products to over 100 countries.

100% of its drug candidates were invented and developed in-house and they’re currently reporting around 35 product candidates in clinical development.

The company was ranked number 2 in Science magazine’s list of Top Employers for 2024.

Regeneron in Ireland

Regeneron moved into Ireland with the opening of its European business office, in Dublin, in 2013. It also announced that Limerick would be the site of its first manufacturing plant outside of the USA.

In 2014, the Limerick site began manufacturing.

Today, the company employs approximately 1500 people in the country.

Overall rating by their employees 2024 (source):

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Regeneron in Dublin

  • Employees in Dublin: 100
  • Activities: Business offices

Dublin was Regeneron’s first international location when it opened in 2013.

The European business office now employs approximately 100 staff.

Regeneron in Limerick

  • Employees in Limerick: 1400
  • Activities: Biopharma Manufacturing

Regeneron’s Limerick site is said to be “Ireland’s largest bioprocessing campus”.

Launched in 2014, the Industrial Operations and Product Supply (IOPS) facility is a 64,000 square metre production facility.

The company has invested in the site a further three times since then – first in 2015, again in 2017, and most recently in August 2020.

This brings total investment in the Limerick facility to over $1bn.

Take a closer look inside Regeneron’s Limerick site here:

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How to Get a Job With Regeneron in Ireland

If you already have experience in the pharma or medical device manufacturing industries, you can head straight over to our dedicated pharma jobs board and see the current Regeneron vacancies in Ireland.

If you have some science, quality, or engineering qualifications/work experience, check out our specialist conversion courses that bridge the gap between your current knowledge and the technical information required to work in this highly regulated industry:

For all other backgrounds (including sales, retail, hospitality, etc), check out our Conversion Course into Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. This course helps you take the transferable skills acquired in any other industry and combines them with essential technical knowledge and job-hunting skills, to make you an ideal candidate for entry-level pharma manufacturing jobs. (Note: NO science or engineering knowledge or experience is needed!)

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About the Author

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Claire Wilson

Content Marketing and Career Coaching

Claire runs GetReskilled’s Advanced Career Coaching Programme – our specially devised job hunting course that helps our trainees take that final step into employment by leading them through the job hunting process. She is extremely enthusiastic about helping people reach their final goal of employment in their new career path.

Claire has a BSc (Hons) in Medical Biology from Edinburgh University and spent 7 years working in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.