Waterford set to get 100 new biotechnology jobs

More than 100 new jobs are set to be announced this morning at a biothechnology plant in Waterford.

More than 100 new jobs are set to be announced this morning at a biothechnology plant in Waterford.

Multinational biotech firm Genzyme will take on the extra staff at its facility in the city's IDA industrial estate. The €125 million complex is being officially opened today.

The Genzyme plant supplies the global market with Renagel, a phosphate binder used in the treatment of chronic kidney disease for patients on dialysis. It already employs more than 250 people in its Waterford operation.

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