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Vaccine makers and companies manufacturing breakthrough obesity drugs saw share prices fall on nomination
Grant Thornton Ireland equity partners to get €6.5m each in US merger
Seen & Heard: Aer Lingus job cuts, State’s AIB share sales, Pfizer’s Irish subsidiaries and the creep of cashless payments
Why a Donald Trump election win could signal the end of Ireland’s golden years
A Trump victory in the US presidential election would constitute a seismic shift in our overall international strategy
Pfizer to cut another 210 jobs from Irish manufacturing sites
Drugs giant struggling to manage slump in demand for Covid vaccines and antivirals as it falls behind rivals on obesity
Ireland’s top 1,000 companies: One hugely profitable firm out in front as Big Tech dominates
iPhone maker Apple recorded revenue of just under €200bn; while Google, Microsoft and Meta are all ranked in the top five
The 10 blockbuster companies behind Ireland’s corporate tax windfall
Revenue from the business tax generated €23.8 billion last year, equivalent to €5,000 for every man, woman and child in the State
Pharma regulation reforms would ‘heavily impact’ Ireland, Government told
Pharmaceutical giants lobbied Taoiseach Simon Harris to oppose EU reforms of regulations for sector
Booming life sciences sector boosts revenues at Jacobs Engineering by 40%
Directors agreed to pay dividend of €20m to Irish firm’s European parent
Despite the concentration risk, Ireland’s corporation tax windfall could grow to €30bn
Business tax receipts have tended to exceed even the most optimistic projections and there are reasons to suspect receipts will go up again, even from this high point
Pfizer’s Irish tax affairs under US senate committee spotlight
Homebuilder Cairn buys Dublin site, Blanchardstown SC debt deal; CRH invests in Ukraine and Citigroup staff unease
Pfizer lifts profit forecast on cost cuts, smaller drop in Covid drug demand
Drugmaker posts quarterly profit well ahead of analyst forecasts
Record medicine shortages expose world’s broken market
Record shortages of common drugs have countries scrambling for alternatives while patients skip treatments
Waterford-based Enerpower to rollout 500MW of renewable energy in Ireland
Five year plan is in partnership with Portuguese group Greenvolt, which acquired majority stake in Enerpower last year
Eli Lilly soars as Pfizer suffers post-Covid hangover
Success of diabetes and weight loss drugs see share value more than triple over past three years
Expired Pfizer Covid antiviral drugs set to cost Europe €2bn
Millions of Paxlovid pills have gone unused as tight controls restrict access
Corporate tax take likely to evolve from win-win of recent years
An increasingly mature multinational sector, our reliance on a few big companies and changes in global tax rules will all affect future tax revenues
Five companies account for 43% of Ireland’s goods exports in 2022
Pharmaceutical-related products accounted for almost two-thirds of Irish goods exports last year
Pfizer outlook gloomy after annus horribilis in 2023
Pharmaceutical giant suffers a post-Covid-19 hangover as demand for pandemic vaccines and medicines falls sharply
Pfizer shares tumble on weak forecast for 2024 revenues
US drugmaker is trying to chart its future without blockbuster Covid-19 products
The ups and downs of corporate tax payments – what’s going on? Why are they so unpredictable?
After three months of weak returns, ministers breathed a sigh of relief thanks to a bumper return for November
Our multinational economy cruises in the fast lane but the domestic one is definitely slowing down
The old story of the Republic’s two-tier economy is alive and well
Pfizer hails Ireland as ‘industrial powerhouse’ in life sciences
Albert Bourla, chief executive of US pharma giant, accepts IDA Ireland’s Special Recognition Award on behalf of the company
Pfizer cuts 100 Irish staff as sales of Covid medicine collapse
Pharma group cutting staff at Newbridge plant but also adding 230 staff to Grange Castle and Ringaskiddy sites
Pfizer third-quarter sales miss estimates on Covid downturn
Drugmaker makes first quarterly loss in decades as Irish staff wait for news on jobs
New therapy ‘highly effective’ in patients with ovarian cancer, says BioNTech
German pharmaceutical company shot to fame as first company to produce a next-generation mRNA vaccine to treat Covid-19
Pfizer’s Irish staff face threat of job cuts as demand for Covid therapies weakens
US medicines giant says it needs to find €3.3bn in annual cost savings by the end of next year
Drugmaker GSK sells €1bn stake in former consumer health unit Haleon
British medicines group and US rival Pfizer have both committed to selling down stakes over time to fund core pharma operations
FDA approves new Covid boosters as cases rise around US
Hospitalisations from Covid-19 have crept up in recent weeks, although the rise is lower than the same time last year
US targets 10 drugs for pricing negotiations in crackdown on costs
Expensive medicines made by Pfizer, J&J and Merck selected for talks in biggest pharma shake-up in decades
Ireland bullish on life science investment despite higher tax rate
IDA believes State’s still modest tax rate, political stability and skill base will attract pharma and medical companies
Ireland’s wild data is leaving economists stumped
Euro zone statistics have been seriously distorted by US tech and pharma groups that found a home in Dublin, writes FT columnist Martin Arnold
Slump in demand for Covid medications behind fall in Irish pharma exports
Pfizer’s second-quarter results confirm sharp fall in demand for vaccines and other Covid medicines produced in Ireland
Pfizer considers cost cuts as demand for Covid products wanes
Company preparing for many of its top-selling drugs to be soon facing competition from cheaper generics
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