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What Will Roche Do With an Unsellable Irish Plant?

Roche closed four manufacturing plants in 2015. Three of them sold, but what’s the plan for the fourth?

A recent FiercePharma article discussed a conundrum Roche faces with one of their non-operating plants. Back in 2015, the pharmaceutical company decided to close four small-molecule plants around the world. The company sold three of them, but couldn’t find a buyer for the one in Clarecastle, Ireland. So, the company has decided to roll in the breaking balls, and demolish the site. But with 10 buildings on an 88-acre site, that’s no easy task.

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