Ireland Biotech News

Biosensia, an Irish point of care diagnostics company, has secured $1.6 million (€1.2 million) in new funding as part of the company’s plans to advance its regulatory and commercial strategy for its platform in the US and Europe.

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has licensed its novel rapid meningitis diagnostic test to HiberGene Diagnostics Ltd, an Irish start-up company. The licence grants HiberGene exclusive rights to commercialise the product worldwide.

Professor William Gallagher, a leading cancer biology researcher in UCD’s School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, was today presented with the NovaUCD 2011 Innovation Award.

Aerogen has announced a drug delivery partnership with US biotech company Dance Pharmaceuticals to develop a next generation inhaled insulin product which would see an end to the numerous insulin injections which diabetic patients currently endure.

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OncoMark, the University College Dublin life sciences company today announced that Dr Dara FitzGerald has been appointed CEO to drive and accelerate the company’s growth and development.

The BEST Network Conference in conjunction with BIOSIG 2010 will be hosted in Darmstadt, Germany from 8-10 September 2010. The event will hear from a number of high level biometric experts and will include poster sessions and an exhibition booth.

This Week in Pharma, host Jim Joyce interviews recent CEO of Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Martin Driscoll about the recent merger of Javelin Pharmaceuticals with Hospira.

Building collaborative networks is essential to develop Ireland as an innovation island according to Professor Woody Powell, a leading economic sociologist at Stanford University.

Irish life sciences company Enzolve Technologies appoints new CEO to drive and accelerate international sales.

PM Group was crowned Ulster Bank Business Achiever 2009 and also received an award for the Best International Company at the 2009 national finals of the RBS subsidiary’s annual Business Achievers Awards in Dublin recently.

PM Group’s international consultancy division today announced it has won EU funded consultancy projects worth €10m in the Balkan Region.

Equinome, a new Irish biotech company, today announced the launch of a breakthrough genetic test that can identify the optimum racing distance for individual Thoroughbred horses.

Equinome, a new biotech company, has won NovaUCD’s 2009 start-up award and a €5,000 prize after being named overall winner of the 14th NovaUCD Campus Company Development Programme.