Tagged: Biotechnology & News
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Irish universities forge R&D pact with Japanese drugs giant Shionogi News
14.06.2013 Ireland’s top universities have entered into a collaboration pact with Shionogi, one of the largest pharmaceutical players in Japan and maker of the cholesterol drug Crestor. -
Financial results this week News
10.06.2013 Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week. -
#OI2Dublin - Knowledge triangle must surround entrepreneur, Alexander von Gabain says (video) News
21.05.2013 No matter what, the entrepreneur must always be at the centre of the knowledge triangle, says Alexander von Gabain, chairman of the governing board of the European Institute of... -
#OI2Dublin - Innovation about execution, not just invention, says EIT’s Alexander von Gabain News
20.05.2013 As the innovation elite began to converge on Dublin for the Open Innovation 2.0 conference today and tomorrow, Ann O’Dea caught up with one of the visitors, Alexander Von...Tags: Start-ups, Biotechnology, US, Europe, OECD, Open Innovation 2.0, Entrepreneurship, KPMG, Venture Capital -
Boost for Genzyme’s Waterford biotech plant as €44m investment gets go-ahead News
12.02.2013 Global healthcare giant Sanofi says it will invest €44m to expand on the manufacture of its insulin products at the Genzyme biotech plant in Waterford where some 500 people are... -
From Dublin to Bangalore – Science Gallery model goes global News
30.01.2013 Having made science ‘cool’ at home, Dublin’s Science Gallery has global plans that are taking it as far afield as Bangalore, writes Ann O’Dea. -
€1m biotech investment in Algae Health paves way for 23 Galway jobs News
28.01.2013 Twenty-three new jobs are to be created in Galway by green biotech company Algae Health, which has landed a €1m investment in a round led by AIB Seed Fund and the Western... -
Irish biotech firm BioAtlantis to lead €1.7m EU research project on antibiotics News
24.01.2013 Irish biotechnology company BioAtlantis is to lead a €1.7m research project that will aim to validate natural alternatives to the use of in-feed growth promoting antibiotics in... -
NUI Galway institute to team up with four Indian institutes on biomaterials research News
06.11.2012 The Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) at NUI Galway is strengthening Ireland-India research relations with the news that the biomaterials research group is... -
Two US scientists share Nobel chemistry prize News
10.10.2012 Two US scientists, Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka, have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies of G-protein–coupled receptors that enable the... -
UL’s Stokes Institute joint venture with biotech start-up targets US$10bn opportunity News
20.08.2012 University of Limerick’s Stokes Institute has entered into a joint collaboration with Irish start-up GenCell Biosystems to develop genetic testing technology for the US$10bn... -
Ireland India Institute opens at Dublin City University News
18.06.2012 A new centre called the Ireland India Institute has been officially opened at Dublin City University (DCU) this morning. The aim of the centre will be to spawn research,...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, R&D, Networking, Life Sciences, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Engineering, Education, Economy -
New Frontiers entrepreneur programme open to start-ups News
30.05.2012 Those with business ideas for high-potential start-ups can now apply for the second phase of the Enterprise Ireland-funded New Frontiers programme, which will begin in July at... -
Swiss med-tech start-up aims to detect allergies in 15 minutes News
27.04.2012 Abionic, a spin-out from EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, has just closed a 2m Swiss francs first financing round. The start-up is pioneering a portable... -
Amgen to create up to 100 jobs in US$200m expansion News
26.04.2012 Biotechnology firm Amgen is investing US$200m in an expansion programme in Ireland which will create up to 100 jobs. Some 350 construction jobs will be also created during the... -
Cork firm GxP Systems hiring for 21 engineering jobs News
25.04.2012 Cork technology firm GxP Systems is recruiting for 21 engineering roles in Ireland, the US and Mexico at the Jobs Expo 2012, which is taking place in the RDS in Dublin.Tags: Engineering, Ireland, Cork, GxP Systems, Dublin, Consulting, Jobs, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology -
£25K awards open for Northern Ireland’s scientific researchers News
12.03.2012 NISP Connect and Bank of Ireland UK have launched the 2012 £25K awards programme which reaches out to Northern Ireland’s research base involved in pioneering innovations around... -
NI Science Park facility to house 500 knowledge jobs News
02.03.2012 Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) has announced its new stg£6m development is aiming to host up to 500 knowledge jobs when the facility opens, most likely in August.Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Careers and Employment, Energy -
Government approves drafting of bill to extend SFI’s remit News
25.01.2012 The Government has approved the drafting of a bill to extend the remit of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to include the funding of applied research in order to support... -
New director general to take helm of Science Foundation Ireland News
09.01.2012 Prof Mark Ferguson, a leading academic and successful entrepreneur, has been appointed as the new director general of Science Foundation Ireland.