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Eli Lilly Kinsale We Make Medicine

Eli Lilly Kinsale Manufacturing

We Make Medicine.Eli Lilly Kinsale


Insights into Careers in the Pharma Sector

UCC

Dr. Kevin LydonEli Lilly S.A., Kinsale12th May 2014

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Who am I?

• From Westport, Co. Mayo.

• Chemistry Degree in UCC.

• Organic Synthesis PhD under

Prof. Tony McKervey in Queens’ University Belfast.

• Post-doctoral Fellowship with Prof. Varinder Aggarwal in

University of Sheffield.

• Started with Lilly in 2000.

• Held a number of roles - Process Chemist, Team Leader of

various Production buildings, Materials Management,

QCL, Organisational Development.

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..... in Ireland

SLIGOElanco Animal Vaccines

KINSALELilly Bulk Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturing

CORKEuropean Financial Services Center

DUBLINIreland Sales and Marketing

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TODAY :

Over 700

Employees on 4

sites

FUTURE :

Employee

numbers projected

to grow to over

1,000 in coming

years

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We have continued to diversify, grow and increase our strategic

importance to Lilly worldwide

1970’s Purchased 112 acre farm, construction starts

1980’s Antibiotics production commenced

Dual supply & Intermediate supply Small

Molecule

1990’s Single-Sourced worldwide supply of main Small

Molecule products in portfolio

Animal Health products added

2000’s

State of the art laboratory facility

New “Clean-Room” Mfg facility added - €200M

New biotech investment of €300M

Manufacture for clinical trials

– biotech & small molecule

2010’s Collaborate with R&D to develop new products

Biotech Expansion, additional €330M facility

$50m

$1.5b

1990’s

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Lilly has over 65 medicines in development for diseases such as Cancer, Diabetes, & Alzheimer’s

Almost 50% of these medicines are derived from biotechnology.

Kinsale is investing over €650m in facilities to develop and produce these medicines

– Development of two technology platforms : Chemical Synthesis and Biotechnology – Unique in Industry

Launch Patent

Expiration

10 Yrs -

Sales

Growth

Supply of Medicines

10,000 100 1

DiscoveryClinical Trials

Development of Medicines

10 Yrs +

Invest in developing new products

Kinsale’s

Evolution

Changing Mission…..Our new focus

INNOVATION

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Submission

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Small molecules are “built”

using chemical reactions

Large ‘Biotech’ molecules are

created using living organisms

Chemical versus Biological derived pharmaceuticals

Insulin

Prozac ®

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Monoclonal

Antibody500X

Small Molecules and Large Molecules are very different

Insulin20X

Prozac ®

1 X

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Industry View of a PhD Chemist

• Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Sector is the highest employer of PhD graduates.

• Basic entry level qualification – not just an Irish phenomenon.

• Great learning capability.

• Problem solving to a high level.

• Ability to think independently and work as a team.

• Excellent communication / social skills.

• Superior documentation standard.

• Safe pair of hands.

• Very flexible.

• Network of contacts.

• Minimal supervision.

Interview: Be honest, be passionate. ‘Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions’

by Martin John Yate.

References: The Advisory Science Council’s Report: The Role of PHDs in the Smart Economy; The PhD in Schools of

Chemistry in Ireland: What is the Future?

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Careers for a PhD Chemist within Industry - Diversity, Diversity, Diversity……..

Technical

Management

• Continuous Improvements.

• Introduce new technologies, e.g. PAT, Continuous Processing,

NMR, X-Ray diffraction, etc.

• Corporate / Industry expert, e.g. crystallisation, particle size, etc.

• Developing people.

• Organisational change, e.g. redundancies,

product exiting.

• Business Planning, e.g. budgets, etc.

Infinite opportunities for lateral movement and promotion within a site and globally.

• Across Small Molecule and Large Molecule.

• Both Commercial Supply & New Product Introduction.

• Chief Executive Officer

• Procurement

• HR

• QA

• Materials Management

• QCL

Careers in various

Departments

Navigating your Career

Work hard, be flexible, be patient.

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Current Recruitment Campaign SummaryRecruitment Numbers

We will be filling between over 100 new positions across 2014 and 2015.

This will be a combination of Operations and Technical hires.

o Operators

o Scientists

o Process Engineers

o Laboratory Analysts

o Quality Assurance Professionals

o Regulatory Scientists

Timing

The activity for the operations positions will run from May – Oct ‘14 with start dates

between Nov ‘14 and March ‘15.

Technical hires will be spread across ‘14 and early ‘15.

Recruitment Campaign

Our recruitment campaign kicked off in April.

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