September 22nd 2011: “This strategically important development for MSD which brings R&D and high-value jobs to our economy is a significant endorsement of Ireland’s wealth of talent and expertise,” said the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD speaking at the official opening of the new €100m pharmaceutical R&D centre at MSD in Ballydine, Co. Tipperary. “The decision by this global healthcare leader to invest in Ireland in order to provide the capability to bring new innovative medicines to market faster is an endorsement of my government’s strategy to focus on job creation and the knowledge economy.”