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Could rapid antigen tests be missing some cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19?

Why Ireland is an attractive home for the world’s life science companies

Strong results from Swiss group boost food stocks, offsetting losses elsewhere

Big tech encourages health monitoring from heart rate to glucose level, but is it too much?

Just 37% of Irish mothers breastfeed, while baby formula sales are booming

Parties need to partner better, stop fighting and tackle tax, defence and healthcare

Use of Malta as tax haven to replace ‘double Irish’ comes as State under OECD scrutiny

Call comes as investigation shows Abbott apparently using ‘Single Malt’-type structure

Project to focus on stents as well as coronary and endovascular balloon technologies

Multinationals Abbott and Salesforce Ireland have been embedding plans to reduce or eliminate their carbon footprints, both home and abroad

Economy expected to rebound strongly in the second half of 2021 as Covid restrictions are eased

Higher rate of neurological adverse events with the HVAD

The tax code does not offer remotely enough to home workers

Start-up Nua Surgical’s SteriCision, a retractor device, tackles many major unmet needs

State’s governor initially blamed crisis on efforts to transition to green energy sources

From Covid-19 testing kits to treatments for the virus, the pandemic is a priority for Irish medtechs

Shifting demographics and growing anti-Trump factor have spurred Democrats’ hopes

Millions of Americans are expected to tune into the live 90-minute debate

Can our system of test, trace and isolate rise to the challenge of rising case numbers?

Walmart soars on TikTok bid as Ryanair goes higher and CRH stumbles

Abbott Laboratories 15-minute Covid-19 test granted emergency clearance in US

Test to be priced at $5 and does not rely on laboratory equipment

Vaccine development in covid-era has been accelerated

Company, which has a plant in Galway, said sales of ventilators more than doubled

This budget bought a city flat, a two-bed Clondalkin cottage and a turnkey three-bed house

Tipperary firm sees confidence in testing as crucial to getting staff back to work

Wall Street falls back as reignition of US-China trade row threatens tech stocks

Seen & Heard: Airbnb hosts in firing line and Johnny Ronan on Bewley’s closure

Process, product and marketing innovation remain vital to success of industry

Edition 4: Countries wrestling with mask policy but there are slivers of good news

In Dublin, the Iseq rose by just over 0.5%, in line with other European bourses

US healthcare groups bring hope in race to fight Covid-19 pandemic

Eight out of top 10 recipients were in life science sector, reflecting strong jobs growth

Mergon secures multimillion investment from British private equity firm Elysian Capital

Search engine giant’s settlement brings to A$1.25bn the amount collected from ecommerce players

As R&D increasingly moves out of house, Irish firms team up closely with partners

The improvement in the French economy and growing awareness of France as an export market encouraged the setting up of the office

Timothy McGrath from Killorglin Community College was one of record 10,000 entrants

Athlone-based green energy company puts existing technologies to new use

Adults with diabetes to wait until next year to see if HSE removes age limit on technology