50 new jobs for Waterford

Pharmaceutical company QM Specials is to create 50 new jobs in Co Waterford, it announced today.

Pharmaceutical company QM Specials is to create 50 new jobs in Co Waterford, it announced today.

The Lismore-based company has been granted a licence by the Irish Medicines Board in a joint-venture between Akram Hanna, a Lismore-based pharmacist and the UK-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Quantum Specials.

The company will produce hand-made medicines designed for specific patients which may not be usually available from a typical supply chain.

The jobs will be created over the next two years in Lismore.