ICS Medical Devices, a leading catheter design and manufacturing services provider, has announced that it plans to create 72 new jobs by 2028. The new roles will be across engineering,
A state-of-the-art hub will develop new forms of base materials, designed at microscopic scale, for use in everything from computer hardware to food colouring. The University of Exeter’s MetaHub is
The winners of the Insider’s Made in Northern Ireland Awards 2025 have been announced. Awards recognise the quality products and services that manufacturing and engineering companies from across Northern Ireland
BioPharmaChem Ireland (BPCI), the Ibec group that represents the biopharmaceutical and chemical sectors, has announced the winners of the inaugural BioPharmaChem Impact Awards 2025. Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine was
Innovate UK has announced an investment over £14 million across 29 innovative projects to help make the UK’s medicines manufacturing sector more sustainable. The projects form part of the Sustainable
Irish Medtech, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland recently revealed the winners of the Irish Medtech Awards 2024. The winners are: Medtech Company
The Future Medicines Institute (FMI), a £55 million industry-led collaborative initiative aimed at advancing North Ireland’s Precision Medicine sector, has been launched. Backed by a consortium of leading companies in
Eli Lilly and Company has announced a $1 billion expansion of its Limerick, Ireland, manufacturing site to increase production of biologic active ingredients for the company’s promising portfolio of treatments
A new spin-out will use artificial intelligence and innovative experimental methods to improve the manufacturing of products such as drugs and fertilisers. Pandemic-beating drugs could enter production more quickly and
Almac Group, the Craigavon-based global contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing organisation, has announced its financial results for year ending 30 September 2023. Figures released show the company recorded a £118
The pharma and medical device industries are booming in Ireland, and that is creating an increased need for integrated, globally connected healthcare logistics services. Ireland’s world-leading pharma market is now
A €104 million investment in scientific research across Ireland has been announced. The funding is being allocated to four SFI Research Centres – BiOrbic Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre; FutureNeuro SFI
Five projects will receive funding to develop and commercialise innovative solutions for the manufacturing of nucleic acid medicines. Innovate UK has announced the winners of a funding competition to create
Thermo Fisher Scientific has appointed Peter McDonald (pictured above) as Process Development Services (PDS) Director at its contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing campus in Cork. In this role Peter McDonald
The Irish Government has announced funding of a further €6.8 million for a twelfth project under Call 6 of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF). Minister for Enterprise, Trade and
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc recently held an event at its Athlone site to commemorate 20 years since the founding of the company and to mark 10 years in Athlone. The event
The Medicine Accelerator, the Irish multinational group responsible for breakthrough pharma process research and development (APC) and Manufacture (VLE), has announced a groundbreaking expansion that involves the creation of 300
Scottish companies are to benefit from three years of further support from the Medical Device Manufacturing Centre. The Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC) has been awarded £3.35 million of additional
A new, world-class, functional genomics laboratory is set to further the UK’s global genomics leadership and accelerate the discovery of new medicines and diagnostics. The functional genomics laboratory has been
Eakin Healthcare has announced an investment of £19 million in Research and Development (R&D) to establish an Ostomy Centre of Excellence at its International Headquarters in Comber, County Down. Celebrating
Sinéad Crowther (pictured right), Founder and CEO of Soothing Solutions, has been named the Enterprise Ireland High-Potential Start-Up (HPSU) Founder of the Year for 2023 at a recent awards event
Joe Kennedy III, the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs, has commended the launch of a new US Life & Health Sciences Advisory Board that aims to
Seventeen new projects will receive funding for cutting edge medicine manufacturing, delivered by the Innovate UK Transforming Medicine Manufacturing programme. Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, has announced the winners
With the right policies in place, the UK can be the best global location for innovative and environmentally sustainable medicines
Two initiatives backed by an investment of £24 million will help the UK lead the world in preparedness for pandemics
By Wendy Lloyd-Goodwin, Founder of Life Science Law, a disruptive new company providing leading legal and compliance advice for businesses
Surgeons in Galway have carried out the first robot guided coronary intervention in Ireland and the UK. The technology is
SL Controls has announced the creation of 100 new highly skilled jobs in Ireland, helping the company to achieve its
Technimark, a global manufacturing leader for the healthcare market, will create 80 new highly skilled roles over the next two
Reflecting Ireland’s position as a centre of excellence in life sciences and biopharmaceutical production, the Biopharma & Life Sciences Connected
Innovate UK is launching a new £30 million fund to advance life-changing cancer therapeutics delivered through the Biomedical Catalyst (BMC)
Drug development company, CV6 Therapeutics, is investing almost £8 million in first-stage clinical trials and further scientific development work on its
Wayland Additive, developer of the Calibur3 metal additive manufacturing (AM) system, has announced the sale and installation of its technology at
Grifols, a global leader in plasma-derived medicines, has inaugurated a new albumin purification and filling plant at its global manufacturing
GE Healthcare has officially opened a new €30.5 million ($30 million) manufacturing line at its Carrigtohill facility in County Cork.
Waters Corporation has announced a combined investment of up to €6 million with support from IDA Ireland to expand its
Comar has announced multi-million euro expansion plans for its Ireland-based affiliate – Automatic Plastics Limited (APL) located in Tinahely, County
Vectura, which specialises in inhaled drug development solutions, has been granted planning permission for a new 10,000-square metre facility on
Takeda in Ireland, a subsidiary of Takeda headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has celebrated 25 years of business in Ireland with
Biopharmaceutical company Ipsen has launched its newly upgraded manufacturing site at Blanchardstown, Dublin. The official site launch follows Ipsen’s recent
MeiraGTx Holdings Plc, a vertically integrated, clinical stage gene therapy company, has formally unveiled its GMP manufacturing facility in Shannon.
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Ireland UC, a global leader in eye health and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech,
ICS Medical Devices, a leading catheter design & manufacturing services provider, has officially opened its new manufacturing and R&D facility
The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) has commenced construction work on an ambitious expansion of its existing
Horizon Therapeutics plc has submitted a planning application to expand its development and manufacturing facility in Waterford, Ireland, to add
Leading global healthcare company Abbott is to construct a new greenfield manufacturing facility in Kilkenny and further invest in its
Stryker, one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, has celebrated the official opening of the high-tech facility at Anngrove
PCI Pharma Services has announced a significant expansion of its world-class facility in Tredegar, Wales, UK, designed to help keep
IDA Ireland, together with Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar recently attended a 40-year celebration at
Croom Medical, a medical device manufacturing business which manufactures orthopedic medical implants for a series of blue chip multinational companies
Alexion, AstraZeneca’s Rare Disease group, has announced a €65 million investment in new and enhanced capabilities across its sites in
ICS Medical Devices, a leading catheter design and manufacturing services provider, has announced a significant expansion of its operations in
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have invested £20.6 million into innovative projects
Imagine a future where a bone break can be repaired by 3D-printing bones made from marine coral. That reality may
HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint initiative
Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, has announced an investment to establish new thermoforming capabilities
Boston Scientific Corporation, a global leader in medical device technology, has unveiled a new €100 million expansion of its operations
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc and its subsidiary, GW Pharmaceuticals – a world leader in discovering, developing and delivering regulatory approved cannabis-based
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