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Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Industry in Ireland  

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I. Introduction In the 1930's, George Bernard Shaw quipped that he hoped to be in Ireland on the day the world ended, because the Irish were always 50 years behind the times! Over 70 years later, the same cannot be said. According to a report prepared by Deloitte, with an economy growing at a rate consistently above EU levels, Ireland is one of the most favoured locations for investment in Europe by multinational corporations (MNCs). [Deloitte, 2005] Ireland is now one of the world's largest exporters of Pharmaceuticals with €34 billion of intermediates and finished pharmaceuticals exported in 2002. Currently there are eighty-three (83) facilities employing more than 17,000 people in Ireland. In the past decade, Ireland's economy has grown rapidly, a phenomenon commonly known as the Celtic Tiger. Ireland's economic growth rates over recent years have consistently been the highest of the other EU countries. [IDA Ireland, 2005, pg. 5-6] II....

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