The headline numbers on Ireland's pharmaceutical and life-science sector in one place: trade, jobs, clinical trials, regulation and research. Each figure links to its official source and to the register behind it.
Ireland exported €90.1bn of pharmaceuticals in the 12 months to July 2026, 41.8% of all its goods exports, according to the CSO. In 2025, 96,848 people worked in Irish pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, 86% of them in foreign-owned firms.
Pharmaceutical exports in the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 (-35.8% on the previous 12 months)
Source: CSO, goods exports (SITC 54) · See the dataShare of all Irish goods exports that were pharmaceuticals, same 12 months
Source: CSO, goods exports · See the dataShare of those exports going to the largest market, USA
Source: CSO, exports by country · See the dataPharmaceutical exports in calendar year 2025, 53.2% of goods exports (latest revised CSO figures)
Source: CSO, goods exports (SITC 54) · See the dataPeople employed in pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors in 2025 (+7.7% on 2024)
Source: CSO, PMMA tables · See the dataClinical studies with at least one site in Ireland in our register (ClinicalTrials.gov records, all statuses)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, US National Library of Medicine · See the dataClinical trial authorisations the HPRA issued under the EU Clinical Trials Regulation in 2024
Source: HPRA Annual Report 2024 · See the dataMedicines for human use on the HPRA list (list dated 5 October 2026)
Source: HPRA open data (CC BY 4.0) · See the dataGMP inspections the HPRA completed in 2025 at sites making human medicines or active substances
Source: HPRA 2025 annual report · See the dataFDA 510(k) medical device clearances to Irish-based applicants in our register
Source: FDA / openFDA (public domain) · See the dataEU Horizon Europe funding to Irish organisations for health and medical research (278 projects, 2.1% of the programme's funding in our scope)
Source: European Commission, CORDIS · See the dataPharma, biotech and medtech sites on our Ireland pharma map
Source: Priya Life Science map, from public sources listed on the map · See the data
Priya Life Science (2026). Ireland pharma statistics. Retrieved 6 October 2026 from https://priyalifescience.com/ireland-pharma-statistics
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Ireland exported €90.1bn of medicinal and pharmaceutical products (SITC 54) in the 12 months from August 2025 to July 2026, 41.8% of all goods exports, according to the CSO.
The largest market in the same 12 months was USA, with 44% of Irish pharmaceutical exports (CSO).
96,848 people worked in pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors in 2025, according to the CSO, 86% of them in foreign-owned companies.
Our register lists 2,691 clinical studies with at least one site in Ireland on ClinicalTrials.gov, of which 313 are recruiting now. The HPRA issued 82 trial authorisations under the EU Clinical Trials Regulation in 2024.
The HPRA list of medicines for human use has 10,295 products (list dated 5 October 2026).
Every live figure is read from the same data our registers use, and every dated figure is quoted from the official report named on its card.
Calculated values (12-month totals, shares and changes) are worked out from the published figures and labelled. Nothing is estimated. See our methodology. The the sources data on this page was last retrieved on 6 Oct 2026. How every register is built: methodology · fixes we have made: corrections log.