Global markets mixed ahead of key central bank meetings
Iseq index advances 0.5%, dragged higher by Ryanair and the main Irish banks
Sanofi
Big Pharma goes tone deaf
European drug company bosses say the answer to a perceived lack of competitiveness in the EU is to hike medicine prices to US levels
Pharma bosses call for higher drug prices in EU to counter tariff threat
Novartis and Sanofi CEOs push for European benchmark against US prices
Markets hit a wall amid fears of US economic slowdown
Financials and tech stocks worst hit as indices show a sea of red
Europe’s magnificent 11 stocks – the Granolas
Continent’s top firms drove most of European equity gains last year
European stock markets edge lower after mixed bag of company earnings
Aer Lingus owner IAG was the biggest gainer on the FTSE 100 index
Underlying revenues at PM Group up 14% amid expansion
Project delivery specialist reported operating profits of €44m for 2022
BioNTech/Pfizer’s mooted EU deal for 70m Covid shots threatens rivals
European health officials have advocated portfolio diversity to help fight different variants
Pfizer’s RSV vaccine wins US panel’s backing for safety in older people
Questions remain about hospitalisation and side effects but drugmaker stays step ahead of British group GSK which faces similar panel
Cognizant to add 320 Irish jobs over three years
Roles will mostly be in the professional services and outsourcing leader's life sciences manufacturing division
Sanofi lifts forecast on demand for asthma drug and flu shot
Shares rise as results offset concern about looming litigation over heartburn drug, Zantac, over cancer claims in the US
Vaccine makers face revenue slump as demand falls for Covid-19 jabs
Pharmaceutical companies hunt for new revenue streams as pandemic becomes endemic
Pfizer Covid vaccines safe and effective for small children, FDA review finds
Sanofi says trials point to potential of its vaccine booster candidate against main variants of concern
Ukrainians in Kilkenny: ‘We are so grateful for all of the help and assistance’
Since the Yevsiutins arrived they have been immersed in the local environs and culture
Irish-founded Wayleadr raises €3.7m to fund global expansion
New York-headquartered company is working to help curb emissions
Poolbeg Pharma signs deal with AI company on influenza data
Project could yield new and better treatments for disease
Nestlé justifies staying in Russia as criticism mounts
Ukrainian government raises pressure on western firms still doing business in Russia
Workday’s Irish arm posts revenues of just under $1bn
Software company employs more than 1,200 in the Republic
FDI works both ways: the two-way street between the US and Ireland
Irish investment into the US is at an all-time high, with over 110,000 US citizens working for Irish companies
European stocks reach fresh highs after gains for bank shares
Markets advance amid expectations of rising interest rates
HealthBeacon raises €6m in investment from Elkstone and Crow Rock
Dublin-headquartered company helps patients better adhere to medication schedules
Dublin market in doldrums as European stocks close down 1%
Pillar banks both down more than 4% in Dublin with CRH and Flutter also lower
Genzyme Ireland sees 50% growth in profits to €65.2m
Numbers employed at the pharma firm last year continued to grow from 714 to 773
European stocks fall 1% on growth worries
Europe-focussed Stoxx 600 on course for its biggest daily decline in three weeks
Sanofi to invest €400m in mRNA vaccines development
French comany is expected to produce a minimum of six clinical candidates by 2025
Kingspan and Kerry shine as European markets advance
Markets await clues on how Fed will handle inflation risk
European shares slip as inflation debate keeps bears on prowl
Signs of rising inflation fan fears of tightening monetary policy
Asia, the ‘factory of the world’, struggles to roll out Covid-19 vaccines
Countries that led the way in controlling virus last year fall behind in global vaccination drive
Covid-19: EU to receive over 1bn vaccines doses by end of September, says document
More than 1bn total doses would be sufficient to immunise entire population of bloc
Malin buys back €4.8m of its own shares
Purchase comes soon after life sciences group’s sale of Kymab stake
Pfizer to start producing Covid-19 vaccine in Ireland by end of the year
Multimillion-euro expansion of Grange Castle plant gets go-ahead with 75 new jobs
GSK moves to make up ground in vaccine race
Company is talking to governments about creating vaccine manufacturing facilities
Novavax plans to ship Covid-19 vaccines to Europe this year
Ireland is in line for up to 2.2m doses of company’s vaccine supply from late-2021
Moderna plans to produce up to 3bn Covid-19 vaccine doses in 2022
Phram company plans to boost output at factories in US, Europe
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