Wellair, an Irish air purification company that has raised $30 million to date, has acquired a North Carolina-based developer of medical-grade handheld disinfection technology using ultraviolet light called UV Innovators for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal Todd M Pope, the executive chairman of UV Innovators, has been appointed president and chief executive of WellAir. The move comes as Wellair, which is based in the DCU Innovation Campus in Dublin and Stamford, Connecticut, received Federal Drug Administration approval for its flagship product the Defend 1050, a portable air cleaning system that uses plasma-based technology. “Combining UVI’s handheld surface…

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