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  ​​​​​Ireland’s foreign direct investment agency has some of the biggest names in medtech investing in the country.Within recent years, a number of major medtech companies celebrated anniversaries. Abbott’s was 70 years; Medtronic’s was 40 and Boston Scientific’s was 25. That’s how long those companies have operated in Ireland.Gerard Kilcommin...

​​​​​Merck to buy blood cancer biotech Imago for $1.35BThe deal is Merck’s second notable acquisition in the past year and a half, part of a strategy to diversify beyond Keytruda.​​A wall showing a Merck & Co. logo in Kenilworth, New Jersey Courtesy of Merck & Co.​Merck & Co. has agreed to acquire Imago BioSciences, a California-base...

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​​​​​​Government invests €40m in 11 disruptive technologies projects across health and wellbeing, advanced robotics and machine learning15th November, 2022Enterprise IrelandDisruptive Technologies Innovation Fund a major driver of Impact 2030 research and innovation strategyThe Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Vara...

​It’s#ScienceWeek! And I was lucky enough to talk to primary students across Ireland today through Science Foundation Ireland about Airfield Estate and our sustainable food journey. Milking, biodigestors, water filtration and PV panels - what a fabulous farm to fork story and demonstration of how businesses and farms can be sustainable and creat...

​​​​​​Pfizer to invest in €1 billion biotech facility in Dublin​Pfizer plant, © PA Archive/PA ImagesPfizer's €1 billion investment in a new plant in Clondalkin in Dublin is being welcomed. The pharma giant already employs over 1,700 people at the site at Grange Castle. The Business Post reported on Sunday that construction of the new biotech man...

​​​​​​Science Week 2022 calling on Irish public to explore the infinite possibilities of scienceDublin, 27 October 2022: Minster for further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, joined Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to launch Science Week, a national celebration of science, with hundreds of both in person and hybrid e...

​​​​​​​Pharma giant MSD opens new manufacturing facility in DublinOpening of new facility in Swords has created 350 jobs​​Mairéad McCaul, managing director MSD Ireland human health; Liam Dunne, MSD Biotech Dublin site head; Taoiseach, Micheál Martin; and Robert Davis, MSD global chief executive​Pharmaceutical giant MSD Ireland has opened a new m...

​​​​​​Collaboration nation: How Irish scientists are breaking through on a global levelSFI-sponsored researchers are involved in more than 5,700 international academic research partnerships across 84 countriesSponsored by Science Foundation IrelandIf evidence were needed of Ireland’s global standing as a top-class research-performing nation, it ...

​​​​​Exclusive: Pfizer to invest €1 billion in new Dublin biotech plantThe company, which already employs 4,000 people in Ireland, is understood to be at an advanced stage in its plans for the facility which would be one of the largest pharmaceutical investments in the history of the state. LORCAN ALLEN​Pfizer already employs over 1,700 peopl...