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The agreement between the Government and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association has resulted in savings of about €600 million.

Pharmaceutical industry signals it won’t extend drugs agreement

Health & Pharma
Martin Wall
July 10, 2020, 16:43

Four-year-old accord on supply and pricing of medicines is set to expire at end of July

Amryt Pharma focuses on developing treatments to help patients with rare and orphan diseases. Photograph: iStock

Investor exercises rights to 4m Amryt warrants

Health & Pharma
Colin Gleeson
July 10, 2020, 15:48

Warrants were issued in September as part of the company’s acquisition of Aegerion

Poseida is a human therapeutics company using genome engineering technologies to develop treatments.

Malin-backed company announces initial IPO price

Health & Pharma
Colin Gleeson
July 10, 2020, 08:53

Poseida Therapeutics is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq on Friday

Gilead Science’s headquarters in sign at headquarters in the US. Photograph: iStock

Gilead to add 140 jobs in Ireland as it plans new Dublin base

Health & Pharma
Ciara O'Brien
July 8, 2020, 11:27

Company to invest €7m as it also establishes paediatric centre of excellence here

Photograph: iStock

Good start to 2020 gives Diaceutics sales boost

Health & Pharma
Ciara O'Brien
July 8, 2020, 07:57

Company plans to launch DXRX diagnostic platform in fourth quarter

In April, Fusion raised £3m following a share sale. Since then it has generated Covid-19 antigens or molecules capable of stimulating an immune response. Photograph: iStock

Fusion Antibodies sees revenues rise almost 80%

Health & Pharma
Peter Hamilton
July 6, 2020, 08:05

Northern Ireland contract research company says trading in first quarter has been satisfactory

The US administration said it had secured supplies of 500,000 treatment courses of the antiviral drug Remdesivir from Gilead, amounting to 100 per cent of production in July and 90 per cent for August and September. Photograph: Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg

Irish pharma sector warns of protectionism as US corners supply

Health & Pharma
Dominic Coyle
July 6, 2020, 05:39

Alert comes after US secures Covid-19 drug treatment for next three months

Circadia will be using a subscription model for the C100 with no up-front costs for hospitals and care homes.

Limerick-born entrepreneur gets FDA approval for respiratory monitor

Health & Pharma
Charlie Taylor
July 6, 2020, 05:31

Fares Siddiqui gets nod for remote system that can help detect Covid-19 symptoms

OneProjects founders Christoph Hennersperger and Fionn Lahart

OneProjects confirms €11m investment led by LSP and Atlantic Bridge

Health & Pharma
Charlie Taylor
July 2, 2020, 15:32

Irish-German medtech company is working on novel breakthrough technology

One claim was that a company with which Larry Goodman was allegedly associated had an interest in ensuring Dr Sheehan wouldn’t be able to redeem loans held in Blackrock Hospital Ltd. Photograph: iStock

Galway Clinic gets orders dismissing action over board decision

Health & Pharma
Mary Carolan
July 2, 2020, 12:59

Dispute involved Blackrock Medical Partners and Dr Joseph Sheehan

Malin’s stock trades at about €5, some 35 per cent below what it estimates to be its “intrinsic equity value” as of the end of 2019. Photograph: iStock

Malin shares still trading well below real value, CEO says

Health & Pharma
Joe Brennan
July 2, 2020, 11:42

Shares in Dublin-based life sciences group have rallied by more than 250% since March

The judge was making final orders following his judgment on the latest stage of marathon litigation concerning control of Blackrock Clinic. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Goodman company gets €7.9m judgment plus costs against Dr Joseph Sheehan

Health & Pharma
Mary Carolan
July 1, 2020, 19:32

Court had originally signalled a €19m judgment in Blackrock Clinic dispute

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has a minority interest in ALX through its partnership with Lightstone Ventures

State-backed ALX Oncology lines up a $100m IPO

Health & Pharma
Charlie Taylor
July 1, 2020, 10:52

Dublin and California-headquartered biotech recently closed a $105m funding round

Amryt Pharma, which focuses on developing treatments to help patients with rare and orphan diseases, expects its listing on New York’s Nasdaq to complete in July. Photograph: iStock

Irish pharma company Amryt almost doubles CEO pay to $1.6m

Health & Pharma
Peter Hamilton
June 30, 2020, 12:39

Chief executive Joe Wiley also received more than 6m share options in company

France president Emmanuel Macron visits an industrial development laboratory at the French drugmaker’s vaccine unit.

Sanofi planning to cut up to 1,680 jobs in Europe

Health & Pharma
June 26, 2020, 12:28

French pharma giant has a manufacturing plant in Waterford that employs 740 people

Malin said it will not materially increase the last disclosed fair value estimate of its €111 million investment in Poseida

Malin-backed Poseida raises $110m just days after filing for IPO

Health & Pharma
Charlie Taylor
June 26, 2020, 10:34

Dublin-listed life-sciences investment group did not participate in latest financing

Remdesivir has already been approved for emergency use in severely-ill patients in the United States, India and South Korea. Photograph: iStock

Gilead’s remdesivir endorsed as first treatment for Covid-19 in Europe

Health & Pharma
June 25, 2020, 15:18

EMA committee recommends drug’s use in adults and adolescents from 12 years of age

The deal will see the Nasdaq-listed and Copenhagen-based company acquire PrecisionBiotics on a cash and debt-free basis. Photograph: iStock

Cork-based probiotics company acquired for €80m

Health & Pharma
Peter Hamilton
June 25, 2020, 13:28

PrecisionBiotics has been acquired by Danish group Novozymes

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