Three hundred R&D jobs coming to biopharma campus in Dublin
Irish multinationals APC and VLE has announced plans for 300 R&D jobs and €100 million in capital expansion at its campus in Cherrywood, Dublin.
The 130,000 sq ft Medicine Accelerator Campus will be the largest R&D site in the biopharma sector in Ireland and the expanded home for APC & VLE, integrating the latest developments in scientific research, AI, neural networks and scientifically led manufacturing activities.
Partnering with eight of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies globally and a wide range of biotechs, APC & VLE works across a wide range of therapeutic areas. The business is currently working on more than 35 medicines in areas such as oncology, respiratory disease, Alzheimer’s, HIV and more.
Serving as a global research epicentre The Medicine Accelerator Campus represents one of the most disruptive businesses in pharmaceutical development, digitalization and manufacturing.
The group, which is fully Irish owned, is already the largest employer of R&D scientists, within the pharmaceutical sector, nationally. This addition of 300 new roles will bring the combined team to over 600 scientists, digital experts, and manufacturing professionals bringing The Medicine Accelerator team to a global stage.
The organisation has also developed iAchieve, a platform that digitises every facet of a medicine’s development and manufacturing journey. This digital transformation is a step change in medicine R&D and presents huge opportunity for medicine acceleration through AI and other advanced digital applications.
Mark Barrett, CEO and co-founder, APC & VLE Therapeutics, said: “Reimagining how medicines are developed and accelerated to patients is our motivation, our purpose… As an Irish Multinational company, it also solidifies our confidence in the biopharma ecosystem in Ireland as a global hub, one that is trusted and central to medicine supply chains globally, to drive further innovation in the areas of pharmaceutical R&D, digitalisation, and manufacture.”
The expansion is being supported by Enterprise Ireland.
Leo Clancy, CEO of Enterprise Ireland, said: “Enterprise Ireland is proud to support the ambitious vision… The Campus will further enhance Ireland’s global reputation as a leader in the life sciences sector and I want to congratulate the entire team at APC & VLE on delivering on this remarkable project.”
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