Governments, industry and universities should come together to build a global player, says Peter Keeling
Ireland needs a pharma champion
Denmark has Novo Nordisk, France has Sanofi, Switzerland boasts both Roche and Novartis, while Germany has Bayer. It’s a somewhat troubled relationship, but Britain has AstraZeneca.
However, Ireland – even though 80,000 people on the island work in the sector – has no pharma giant to call its own.
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