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Uniphar’s Ger Rabbette: he said the group had “transformed” over the past five years. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Uniphar plans to double earnings to almost €100m within five years of IPO

Health & Pharma
Fiona Reddan
June 17, 2019, 20:36

Irish pharmaceuticals wholesaler and healthcare services group aims to raise €150m

Diaceutices helps pharma companies interpret patients’ medical records

Diaceutics acquires 16m new patient records

Health & Pharma
Fiona Reddan
June 17, 2019, 17:50

Belfast-headquartered diagnostics data analytics company will help pharma companies interpret this mass of data

Lord Alan Sugar with Dr Leah Totton. Dr Totton has decided to wait until the outcome of Brexit becomes clearer before opening a clinic in the Republic

Former ‘Apprentice’ winner scoping out Dublin for new clinic

Health & Pharma
Peter Hamilton
June 14, 2019, 09:08

Derry native Dr Leah Totton is opening her third UK clinic on Friday having turned down a £5m offer for her business

Solvotrin Therapeutics executive chairman Peter Caldini and chief executive Pat O’Flynn.

Solvotrin agrees deal to supply China with drug for iron deficiency

Health & Pharma
Ciarán Hancock
June 14, 2019, 05:50

Cork-based medicine development company agrees 20-year deal with Fosun Pharma

Stryker has been in operation in Ireland for more than 20 years, has six locations and employs more than 3,500 people. Photograph: iStock

Medtech company Stryker to invest €200m in R&D in Cork facilities

Health & Pharma
Ciara O'Brien
June 13, 2019, 07:30

The funding will drive the development of next-generation products

Venn Life Sciences unveiled full-year results for 2018 on Tuesday, which showed the company’s sales dropped to €14.3 million from €17.8 million for the previous year.

Venn Life Sciences to pursue ‘build to sell’ plan after merger

Health & Pharma
Joe Brennan
June 11, 2019, 18:27

Combined group to fall under Open Orphan name

Christopher A Viehbacher, former CEO of Sanofi (left), at the official opening of the company’s Waterford campus. Photograph: Dylan Vaughan

Drugmaker Sanofi appoints Novartis executive as new CEO

Health & Pharma
June 7, 2019, 07:54

Paul Hudson (51) previously held positions at Schering Plough and AstraZeneca

One of the largest outbreaks of the virus occurred in Colombia in 1995. Photograph: iStock

Dublin biotech company launches protein to detect virus

Health & Pharma
Peter Hamilton
June 6, 2019, 14:52

Aalto Bio Reagents’ protein will detect and diagnose Venezuela equine encephalitis

PHP’s total portfolio has a contracted annualised rent roll of more than £125 million

PHP’s Irish portfolio grows to 15 properties

Health & Pharma
Ciara O'Brien
June 6, 2019, 10:50

London-listed group merged with MedicX in March

DCC chief executive Donal Murphy. Photograph: Eric Luke

DCC sells generic drug arm to private equity

Health & Pharma
Mark Paul
June 4, 2019, 05:35

Disposal will ‘sharpen the strategic focus of DCC Vital’, company says

KBC research found about 30 per cent of Irish consumers believe Brexit will lead to higher housing costs. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Brexit weighing heavier on Irish consumers than those in UK, says KBC

Health & Pharma
Mark Paul
June 4, 2019, 05:16

Irish consumers’ key fear is Brexit will lead to increase in inflation, research finds

“While there’s been significant progress in treating solid tumour cancers overall with targeted therapies, patients with the KRAS G12C mutation have not benefited from these advances.” Photograph: Getty Images

Amgen drug takes aim at cancer ‘master switch’

Health & Pharma
Hannah Kuchler
June 3, 2019, 20:00

World’s largest biotech company has discovered a drug to target a supposedly ‘undruggable’ gene mutation

Turnover at Craigavon headquartered global pharma group Almac has grown to a record £548m

Almac delivers record sales but lower profit

Health & Pharma
Francess McDonnell
June 3, 2019, 17:57

Pharma group continues Brexit-related investment south of the Border

Take-up of biosimilars in the Irish health system has been held back by the lack of Government encouragement and inertia among medical practitioners. Photograph: Benis Arapovic/Getty

Paying hospitals to cut the drugs budget

Health & Pharma
June 1, 2019, 13:17

HSE has introduced a new, incentivsed scheme to increase the use of biosimilars in hospitals

Tourism chiefs hope the return of the Open championship to Royal Portrush, after 68 years, will deliver an £80 million economic windfall for Northern Ireland.

£2.4m hotel to open in Ballycastle ahead of Open golf championship

Health & Pharma
Francess McDonnell
May 29, 2019, 19:38

Enterpreneurs behind Salthouse hotel and spa received £245,000 from Invest NI

The FDA grants priority review only to drugs that have the potential to offer significant improvement in the treatment of serious conditions.

Amarin jumps on FDA priority review for heart drug

Health & Pharma
Dominic Coyle
May 29, 2019, 16:24

Irish company’s Vascepa on track for earlier than expected approval

The HIA’s survey found that 44 per cent of the population were covered by private health insurance. Photograph: iStock

One in six with health insurance will switch to new provider – HIA

Health & Pharma
Peter Hamilton
May 29, 2019, 07:32

Survey finds people are loyal to the provider with clear understanding of current policy

Paul Kingston, who has been appointed healthcare portfolio manager with BlackBee here.

BlackBee hires Kingston to drive expansion into nursing homes sector

Health & Pharma
Barry O'Halloran
May 27, 2019, 05:46

BlackBee has spent €39 million on nursing homes recently, including in Cork and Clare

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