Addressing the Future Skills Needs of the Biopharma-Pharmachem Sector in Ireland John McGrath, Skills and Labour

1. Addressing the Future Skills Needs of the Biopharma-Pharmachem Sector in Ireland John McGrath, Skills and Labour Market Research Unit, FÁS Expert Group on Future Skills Needs

2. Institutional Framework – the reporting relationships Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Minister of Education and Skills Economic and Social Research Institute Expert Group on Future Skill Needs Public Advisory Body for Enterprise & Science Skills and Labour Market Research Unit Sector Studies

3. Background • Expert Group on Future Skills Needs • Skills and Labour Market Research Unit – FÁS • National Skills Database • Outputs: • National Skills Bulletin (annual since 2005) • Monitoring Ireland’s Skills Supply (annual since 2006) • Vacancy Overview (annual since 2011) • Regional labour markets (annual report since 2011) • Occupational employment forecasts (2010) • Sectoral studies (e.g. financial, green, healthcare etc.) • Input into policy documents (e.g. National Skills Strategy, Immigration etc.) • Skills portal • Future Skills Requirements of the Biopharma-Pharmachem Sector, EGFSN, Nov 2010

4. Study Objectives Objectives: • Identify structural trends and drivers of change that will impact on numbers employed and skills requirements during 2010-2015 • Determine implications of those trends for employment, skills requirements, and industry demand • Assess whether the current skills supply framework can satisfy those requirements.

5. Stakeholder consultations

6. International Benchmarks North Carolina Switzerland Singapore

7. Sector Profile • Exports: €42 billion (2009) • Employment: 25,300 (2009) • Indirect employment: 24,000 (2009) • Corporation tax contribution: > €1 billion (2008) • Highly skilled labour force – education attainment higher than national average • Workforce concentrated in 25-44 age group • Greater proportion of males than females in labour force – 60% male

8. Drivers of Change (industry interviews) Figure 3: Value of Drugs Going Off Patent, 2007 – 2012

9. Response to Changing Market (Industry Interviews) • Importance of innovation and diversification • Integrating late stage development (process optimisation, scaling-up of existing product, registration) with manufacturing and supply • Headquarter activities and commercial services • A partnership approach with health services • Move to personalised medicine and niche products including biologics, OTC products • Innovation in delivery mechanisms such as self-injecting pens • Converging products – IT, medical devices • Contract research and manufacturing • Increased efficiency and speed to market

10. Employment forecast 2010-2015

11. Change in occupational composition of the bio-pharma sector 1999-2010

12. Occupational Profile 2015 Source: SLMRU, FÁS

13. Graduates in Biopharma-Pharmachem Subjects Level 6/7 Graduates for Biopharma-Pharmachem Subjects, 2004-2008 Level 8 Graduates for Biopharma-Pharmachem Subjects, 2004-2008

14. Postgraduate Award Types Biopharma-Pharmachem Subjects 2007-2008

15. Skills challenges broad thematic areas

16. Science and Technology Skills Challenges

17. Cross-Discipline Skills

18. Business Skills

19. Operative Skills

20. International Benchmarks – High level Findings • Excellent industry-academia collaboration • Academia highly responsive to industry through these links • Informatics, business and soft skills embedded in S&T programmes and seen as critical future skills requirements • PhD graduates play leadership roles within R&D and process development but few in manufacturing roles. North Carolina Switzerland Singapore

21. Recommendations

22. Recommendations Cont’d

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