The Pharmaceutical industry employs 35,000 people in Ireland directly as of today.

In 1954 Glaxo pharmaceuticals opened a plant in Grand Canal Street Dublin.

Glaxo then went on to become part of the juggernaut that is Glaxo Smith Klein.

Pat McCarthy, author of A History of the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry joined The Last Word on Business to talk about his book and the story behind pharmaceuticals in Ireland.

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