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With an estimated one in three women suffering from stress urinary incontinence, and with only one in four seeking medical attention for the condition, the potential market for Atlantic is significant

Galway-based Atlantic Therapeutics raises €18m from existing backers

Health & Pharma
Charlie Taylor
January 20, 2022, 13:50

Company’s flagship product treats stress urinary incontinence which affects 1 in 3 women

Jeremy Skillington, chief executive officer at Poolbeg Pharma. Photograph: Jason Clarke

Poolbeg Pharma gets licence to develop respiratory treatment

Health & Pharma
Colin Gleeson
January 17, 2022, 15:33

Immunotherapy could be used to treat conditions such as influenza and Covid-19

The biopharmaceutical industry, alongside technology, was a major contributor to a corporation tax take of more than €15 billion last year. Photograph: iStock

Biopharmaceutical industry: A buoyant economy is cause for cautious optimism

Health & Pharma
Bernard Mallee
January 17, 2022, 05:53

As the domestic sector struggles, the economy’s overall performance is strong

Martin Shkreli has been barred for life from the pharmaceuticals industry for anticompetitive practices after inflating the price of a life-saving drug. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP Photo

Pharma boss barred from industry for life over price gouging

Health & Pharma
January 15, 2022, 23:42

Martin Shkreli raised price of life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 a tablet overnight

The court had been asked to consider whether certain disqualification periods, agreed as part of a settlement between the four family members and the company’s liquidator, were sufficient. Photograph: iStock

Siblings and father disqualified from directorships amid company liquidation

Health & Pharma
January 14, 2022, 17:58

Four were involved in medical equipment business Eurosurgical

AstraZeneca’s antibody combination was found to be highly effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 in at-risk people, and is effective against Omicron

US in talks to order 500,000 more doses of AstraZeneca Covid cocktail

Health & Pharma
January 12, 2022, 19:38

Order will push total US purchase to 1.2 million doses of coronavirus antibody drug

ProVerum founders Ríona Ní Ghriallais and Conor Harkin

Irish prostate medtech ProVerum raises €30m in funding

Health & Pharma
Charlie Taylor
January 11, 2022, 12:02

Investment to be used for market launch of company’s ground-breaking ProVee device

Claire Shepherd, chief operating officer with Unispace, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and BPE founder and MD John O’Reilly. Photograph: Darragh Kane

BioPharma Engineering deal will see Cork company expand globally

Health & Pharma
Ciara O'Brien
January 11, 2022, 06:00

Life sciences company bought by US group Unispace, with centre of excellence planned

Novartis has not been a main player in the Covid field, though it has helped to manufacture mRNA vaccines. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Novartis to seek speedy approval for Covid drug after positive trials

Health & Pharma
January 10, 2022, 17:25

In lab tests the drug maintained its antiviral activity against all variants of concern

ONK Therapetucis is investigating the potential for tackling cancers by editing the genetic structure of natural killer cells from the body’s immune system.

Cancer killer cell group has two shots at success

Health & Pharma
January 10, 2022, 11:29

Galway company chasing scientific and manufacturing breakthroughs

Moderna and competitors Pfizer and BioNTech have an interest in encouraging policymakers to sanction regular Covid shots. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

Moderna says another round of Covid boosters may be needed in autumn

Health & Pharma
January 7, 2022, 16:55

It’s not yet clear how long protection from the current shots will hold before fading

HSL, a Belfast-headquartered company with offices in Dublin and in Derby, supplies diagnostic medical devices, surgical equipment and consumable products to hospitals across Ireland and Britain

Hospital Services Ltd with Belfast HQ secures a €4.2m investment

Health & Pharma
Charlie Taylor
January 7, 2022, 11:29

Private equity group Foresight returns to back medical equipment supplier

Elizabeth Holmes leaving the courthouse after being found guilty on four counts, in San Jose, California, earlier this month. The verdict signalled the end of an era. Photograph: Peter Dasilva/EPA

7:34 The epic rise and fall of Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes

Health & Pharma
David Streitfeld
January 7, 2022, 05:23

In Silicon Valley, the line between talk and results can be vague. Finally, there is a limit to faking it

Financial Times analysis published last month showed the quantity of boosters administered in richer countries outnumbers the first two shots given in poorer nations. Photograph: Noah Seelam

Covid-19 vaccine makers face investor pressure over global access

Health & Pharma
January 6, 2022, 15:52

Asset managers call for pharma executive pay to be linked to equitable distribution of jabs

Galway cancer therapy start-up ONK Therapeutics has raised another €19 million as it continues efforts to develop technology that enhances natural killer cells in the body’s immune system to target cancers.

Galway cancer killer cell group ONK raises €19m

Health & Pharma
Dominic Coyle
January 6, 2022, 11:31

Company’s technology edits immune system cells in bid to cure cancers

Vaccine makers are rushing to invest in mRNA, which was first proven during the pandemic. Image: iStock

Pfizer and BioNTech team up to develop mRNA-based shingles vaccine

Health & Pharma
Hannah Kuchler
January 5, 2022, 13:09

Drugmakers hope to build on success of Covid vaccine

Elizabeth Holmes, centre, leaves federal court after her fraud verdict in San Jose, California earlier this week. Photograph: Nic Coury/AP Photo

Conviction of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes splits Silicon Valley

Health & Pharma
January 5, 2022, 11:53

Supporters worry spirit of entrepreneurship in ‘jeopardy’

A jury found Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of conspiracy to defraud investors in her blood-testing start-up, and of three counts of wire fraud. Photograph: Nick Otto/AFP via Getty Images

Theranos verdict a cautionary tale for failing entrepreneurs

Health & Pharma
Brooke Masters
January 4, 2022, 15:31

Conviction a timely warning of difference between rosy optimism and outright fraud

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