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Letter highlights key role Irish scientists are playing during current Covid-19 pandemic By Emma O Kelly Education Correspondent 1,500 scientists warn of third-level funding crisis An open letter signed by 1,500 Irish scientists has warned of the funding crisis facing the country's third-level sector and called for the establishment of a governm...

Covid test a game-changer for Irish diagnostics group Hibergene is producing 6,000 test kits a week, and this could be ramped up to 45,000 about 7 hours ago Dominic Coyle Developing a test that can confirm in 30 minutes or less whether a patient has Covid-19 is a game-changer for Hibergene, a small Dublin diagnostics business. The company’s most...

HiberGene test for Covid-19 approved for market Julie Sinnamon A NEW test for Covid-19 developed by Irish genomics firm HiberGene Diagnostics has won European regulators' approval for potential sale worldwide. HiberGene said its as-yet- unnamed product had received the CE certification mark required to show it meets the production standards of t...

AbbVie closes acquisition of Irish-based Allergan Both pharma groups have large Irish operations Pharma group Allergan is best known for the production of Botox. Photograph: Bloomberg Pharma giant AbbVie has closed its $63 billion (€58 billion) acquisition of Botox-maker Allergan, having received the approval of the High Court and of all relevan...

Acorrd app helps treatment of Covid-19 patients Web-based tool aids closer monitoring and moved from idea to deployment in 10 days about 10 hours ago Kevin O'Sullivan Environment & Science Editor Prof Richard Costello at Beaumont Hospital: App was developed by respiratory consultants and medtech firm S3 Connected Health. Photograph: Tom Honan A ...

Blood clotting a significant cause of death in patients with COVID-19 IMAGE: PROFESSOR JAMES O'DONNELL, DIRECTOR OF THE IRISH CENTRE FOR VASCULAR BIOLOGY, RCSI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES AND CONSULTANT HAEMATOLOGIST IN THE NATIONAL COAGULATION CENTRE IN ST JAMES'S HOSPITAL,... view more CREDIT: MAXWELL PHOTOGRAPHY A study led by ...