Pharma

Poolbeg Pharma could reach €1bn valuation, says chief executive

Dublin-headquartered biopharma company is targeting the growing infectious disease market

Jeremy Skillington, chief executive of Poolbeg Pharma: ‘it’s a case of Amyrt 2.0, let’s do this again.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips

Poolbeg Pharma, the Dublin-headquartered biopharmaceutical company, could reach a €1 billion valuation, according to Jeremy Skillington, its chief executive.

Skillington compared the potential of Poolbeg to that of Amryt Pharma, which was sold to Chiesi Farmaceutici for $1.48 billion in April. Both companies were co-founded by serial entrepreneur Cathal Friel.

Poolbeg, which was spun out of Open Orphan (now Hvivo), in 2021, is targeting the growing infectious disease market.

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