Anna Pokojska s life was transformed when she received a kidney transplant in 2017. The Polish native, who now lives in Killarney, has since gone on to win medals in the World Transplant games.
But all of this would not have been possible without the support of a Kerry company: Astellas, based in Killorglin, which is are responsible for the anti-rejection treatment used by organ-transplant patients all over the world.
In a strange coincidence for Anna, the anti-rejection drug used by transplant patients is in fact made right in her adopted home county.
The Astellas plant is among the companies that feature in Innovate For Life - a new series of films about the impact of medicines innovation on patients lives and in communities.