MSD’s 2026 outlook clouds upbeat fourth-quarter results
Strong sales of cancer drug Keytruda a boost for Dublin operation but company expects sharper fall in sales on other patent expiries
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John Collison’s bats to D6 topping the property charts: 2025 in quotes and numbers
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Documents show Government assured the industry that Ireland had its back in Washington and Brussels
Big Pharma’s pullback from the UK could have serious side-effects for Ireland
Negotiations on new medicines pricing agreement comes as drug companies are under pressure to relocate investment back to US
Trump says tariffs on pharma and computer chip are likely by August 1st
Additional threat certain to alarm Government already working with EU to reduce impact of threatened 30% general tariff on exports to US
Looming ‘patent cliff’ facing Big Pharma adds to sector’s woes
When blockbuster drugs lose intellectual property protections it can wipe out billions of dollars in revenue for companies
Pfizer warned Taoiseach against EU pharma reform plans
Pfizer lobbied Taoiseach Micheál Martin to push back on EU overhaul of pharma regulations
Big pharma sees positive side effects in Trump tariffs
Industry has used trade opportunity to hand European Commission a shopping list of asks
Pharma firms ‘disappointed and concerned’ by lack of State support for campaign against EU reforms
New regulations of pharma sector could cost jobs in Ireland, industry warned Government
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Pharma companies ‘disappointed’ in Government’s stance during EU negotiations
Trump floats 25% tariffs on US car, drug, chip imports
Overnight comments are most detailed yet in specifying other sectors to be hit and would mark a dramatic widening of trade war
Rising to the challenge of selling vaccines in Trumpworld
Samantha Humphreys is charged with leading MSD’s Irish business including key cancer drug and vaccine plants
MSD shares sink 11% after vaccine shipments to China are halted
Drugmaker pauses HPV Gardasil exports as rival Pfizer gets boost from better than expected Covid vaccine and pill sales
Drug giant MSD buys Wuxi’s Irish vaccines plant in €500m deal
US pharmaceutical group adds eighth Irish manufacturing site to its network as it promises to deliver 1,000 jobs this year
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