Novartis to establish Business Services Centre in Dublin

Novartis is the world’s second largest pharmaceutical company and has significant existing operations in Ireland announced that they are to establish a Business Services Centre at their Novartis Beech Hill Campus in Dublin

Nine of the top ten global and 25 of the top 50 global pharmaceutical companies have operations in Ireland – predominantly involved in development and manufacturing (D+M).

IDA Ireland has already attracted a number of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies to establish business services centres in Ireland – these include – Pfizer, Merck, Lilly, Gilead, Aspen, Shire and Allergan.

Growing the number of IDA client companies that choose Ireland as a location for their business services centres is a key objective within the IDA’s Horizon 2020 strategy.

IDA Ireland, as well as the wider Government, is committed to creating and maintaining the conditions necessary for companies like Novartis to develop their operations in Ireland.

Today’s announcement is the second from a leading Swiss company in recent weeks. Zurich Insurance announced they were to create 112 jobs in a cyber-security centre in Dublin.