Cork founder David Sloane started Cambrean while doing his Leaving Cert. He has now sold the start-up to Nucleus, a New York-based genomics company backed by Peter Thiel.
The State pays as much to access a private hospital bed during demand peaks as it costs to run a public one for the full year, ministerial correspondence suggests.
The Dublin-based company makes glue for closing wounds and has been acquired as part of a broader €180 million deal.
The Galway medtech start-up is preparing trials for its device for diabetics in the US and is planning a funding round in the coming months.
Despite a dangerously low share price, the Bray company has remained acquisitive, buying up companies that have brought it into new verticals.
The deal sees the Stockholm-listed animal health group acquire the Meath-based company for an initial €84m with a further €60m dependent on targets.
Bon Secours employs over 3,000 people and it is building a major new hospital in Limerick. It has just poached an experienced executive for the top job in the group.
The Limerick-based and Toronto-listed firm builds software for the life sciences sector but said its business is dependent on a “relatively small number of customers”.
Medical start-ups like Hertility are developing a proactive approach to women’s health and fertility. Co-founder Deirdre O’Neill describes its offering as reproductive autonomy and "a first of its kind".
After her son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Lily Collison witnessed how far Ireland was behind in its treatment. So, when Rachel Byrne asked her to get involved in the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, she immediately asked: "Can we go to Ireland?’”
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