This Sector represents workers in all grades within the pharmaceutical, chemical and medical devices industry. In terms of exports the pharmaceutical, chemical and medical devices sector currently generates over 59% of the Republic of Ireland’s exports.

Within the medical devices industry 24,000 workers are employed in 160 companies, 90 of these are indigenous to Ireland. Ireland has the highest number of people per captia working in the medical devices industry in Europe and is the second largest exporter (only behind Germany) of Medical devices in Europe.

Within the pharmaceutical and chemical industry 25,000 workers are employed, 90% within Foreign Owned Multi- National Corporations (MNC’s). Ireland is the largest net exporter of medicines in the world. Eight out of top ten global MNC’s operate in Ireland and ten of top selling pharmacological drugs are manufactured here.

SIPTU has over the last 20 years developed very positive and progressive relationships with many MNC’s including, Pfizer, Teva, Medtronic, Stryker, Becton Dickinson, Covidien, Baxter, Bristol Myers Squibb, Roche, Leo Pharma, Cara Partners, Astellas, Procter and Gamble, Schering Plough, Abbot, GSK, Janssen, Novartis, Bausch and Lomb.

Sector Organiser: Alan O’Leary
Tel: (01) 8794318                                                                                                     
Email: aoleary@siptu.ie