Viatris at Jobs Expo Galway - 17th September 2022

About Viatris

Viatris was founded amid the COVID-19 pandemic and at a time of evolving healthcare needs.

A global pharmaceutical company, Viatris became operational in November 2020, following the merger or two major companies – Mylan and Upjohn – and they have an ambitious mission: to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life.

Viatris in Ireland

Although a newly formed company, they have long and strong roots in Ireland where they have had a presence for more than four decades. What’s more, Viatris has significant scale and are proud to be one of the largest pharmaceutical employers in the country, where nearly 2,000 highly skilled people work across six sites in Cork, Dublin (4) and Galway.

Viatris has a corporate office that is also a global and regional hub for many business functions as well as five manufacturing facilities. These sites are responsible for producing quality medicines from oral solid dosage forms such as tablets and capsules, sterile injectables that cover a wide range of therapeutic categories to complex branded and generic inhaled products. They also produce and supply active pharmaceutical ingredient, the central component of medicine.