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KPW - Electronic IFU's

17/05/2013: KPW are pleased to announce that they are well advanced in the development of a new solution for Medical Device companies. The solution will allow Medical Technology companies to make the transfer ...

SteriPack USA receives award from Florida Governor Rick Scott

15/05/2013: SteriPack USA recently received the “Governor’s Business Ambassador Award” from Governor Rick Scott for locating its first US operation in Florida and exceeding commitments in job creation, the ...

Moll Industries Ireland is the Winner of the SFA National Small Business Manufacturing Award for 2013

07/03/2013: The Small Firms Association has announced that Moll Industries Ireland is the Winner of the SFA National Small Business Manufacturing Award for 2013 for Achievement, Innovation and Excellence in ...

Irish venture capital firm, Seroba Kernel Life Sciences, along with USA-based Ascent Biomedical Ventures have co-led an investment of $15 million into medical device company, PQ ByPass Inc.

25/02/2013: Irish venture capital firm, Seroba Kernel Life Sciences, along with USA-based Ascent Biomedical Ventures have co-led an investment of $15 million into medical device company, PQ ByPass Inc. PQ ...

ProTek Group acquires the business of AP Design

25/02/2013: ProTek to Expand Design Capability to Serve Growing Medical Device Customers ProTek Group today announced the acquisition of Ireland based AP Design, specialists in new product development for ...

Jim Merselis takes over at Biosensia as Company Prepares for Commercialisation

20/02/2013: Dublin, Tuesday 19 February 2013 … Biosensia Ltd., a point of care diagnostics company, today announces the appointment of James D. Merselis as Chief Executive Officer. Jim joins as the company ...

M&V Medical Devices to double turnover in next two years with the creation of up to 10 jobs

19/02/2013: Athlone based precision engineering firm M&V Medical Devices Ltd celebrates its 10th anniversary in business by securing contracts with three leading multinationals, and winning additional export ...

ArcRoyal launches Third Party Logistics services for medical device companies

15/02/2013: ArcRoyal is pleased to announce the launch of a dedicated Third Party Logistics services for medical device companies, ArcRoyal 3PL. ArcRoyal’s custom procedure trays and surgical accessory ...

Seroba Kernel to Sponsor Major European Medtech Conference

11/12/2012: Seroba Kernel is delighted to announce that it is sponsoring the upcoming IN3 European Medtech Conference. It will be held in Dublin this coming April 16th-18th 2013. As Ireland is home to one of ...

Creganna-Tactx Medical acquires ABT

04/10/2012: - Acquisition to bolster Creganna-Tactx Medical’s existing balloon capability - GALWAY, IRELAND, October 4th, 2012 - Creganna-Tactx Medical, a leading provider of medical device outsourcing ...

Shannon MicroCoil Launch PTFE Coated Coils

20/09/2012: Shannon MicroCoil now provide PTFE coated coils for use in all medical devices, certified to ISO 13485. This latest technology allows us to produce PTFE coils in any length and in the most extreme ...

SteriPack USA Opens First Operation in North America

06/09/2012: SteriPack , an Irish based company announces the grand opening of its first North American facility in Lakeland, Florida. The new plant is ISO 13485 Certified and will manufacture products in an ...

New Lean Manufacturing and Services Programme for businesses in the south east

03/09/2012: Lean Manufacturing and Services is an area that is crucially important to a range of companies based in the South East region. Lean is a philosophy which has developed over the past decades and is ...

Crospon receives FDA clearance for Barostat option for EndoFLIP system

29/08/2012: EndoFLIP system to be marketed for gastroenterology application in the US for the first time First FDA clearance for Gastroenterology application of EndoFLIP Crospon, a medical device developer ...

A Revolution in the treatment of hip fractures

30/07/2012: Irish Times: Monday 30th July 2012: IT’S HARD TO find an accurate description to sum up Dr Brian Thornes. He’s an orthopaedic surgeon, an entrepreneur, an inventor and an innovator who has ...

SteriPack continues expansion of its ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Testing Laboratory

26/07/2012: SteriPack, a global provider in high quality medical packaging solutions announces the expansion of its ISO/IEC 17025 accredited test laboratory at its headquarters in Co. Offaly, Ireland. Due to ...

Innovative Polymer Compounds (IPC) achieves ISO 13485 Accreditation

16/07/2012: IPC Achieves ISO 13485 Accreditation: Innovative Polymer Compounds Limited – IPC, the Kilbeggan based medical polymer compounding company has been awarded the ISO 13485:2003 certification. This ...

Clinical Cabinets plans to export to the UK

21/06/2012: *Posted by Business and Leadership http://www.businessandleadership.com/exporting/item/35743-clinical-cabinets-plans-to/ Founded in 2011 by John Walsh, Co Galway-based Clinical Cabinets already ...

KPW PRINT – The first Irish Print Solutions Company to receive ISO13485 Certification!

05/06/2012: KPW Print made their own piece of history last month, by becoming the first print solutions company to achieve ISO13485:2003 certification. The certification was awarded to KPW Print by the ...

KPW PRINT – The first Irish Print Solutions Company to receive ISO13485 Certification!

05/06/2012: KPW Print made their own piece of history last month, by becoming the first print solutions company to achieve ISO13485:2003 certification. The certification was awarded to KPW Print by the ...

Lake Region Medical puts Ireland on the map for Best in Class Manufacturing ~ MedTech Company first in Ireland to scoop most coveted prize in Operational Excellence ~

05/06/2012: Lake Region Medical Limited (LRM), a Wexford-based Medical Device company has become the first company in the Republic of Ireland, and the first Medical Device manufacturer in Europe to be awarded a ...

ICEB Accredited Cleanroom Technology (Basic Course)

29/05/2012: This 1 day course covers all aspects of contamination control and is aimed at people working in Cleanroom environments. The objectives of this course are to create a core and thorough understanding ...

SSE/ICS Cleanroom Network Group Launch 14th June

29/05/2012: Specialised Cleanroom Environments (SSE) and the Irish Cleanroom Society (ICS) are pleased to announce the formation of the SSE/ICS Cleanroom network group. Members of the SSE/ICS Cleanroom Network ...

Manufacturing Operational Excellence for Medical Device Companies

16/04/2012: Learn how to: - Enforce quality at every step of the manufacturing process - Electronically identify and record all non-conformance - Achieve paperless manufacturing and Device History Records - ...

Aerogen Gain Approval for Entry into Chinese Market

17/02/2012: Aerogen (www.Aerogen.com ) , the innovative medical device and drug delivery company, has announced receipt of authorisation to market its Aeroneb Pro and Aeroneb Go products in China. The Aeroneb ...

Advance® 18 PTX® drug-eluting balloon adds to Cook Medical's suite of combination devices for leg therapies

25/01/2012: Cook Medical Launches the Advance® 18 PTX® Drug-Eluting PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter for Peripheral Vascular Usage. Leipzig, 25 January 2012: Cook Medical, a world leader in minimally ...

BioInnovate Ireland Recruiting for Fellowship Programme

05/12/2011: December, 2011: BioInnovate Ireland is now seeking Expressions of Interest for our medical device innovation Fellowship programme. This programme is modelled on the prestigious and ...

Covidien and Irish Government announce more than €25m for Irish high-tech R&D projects

16/11/2011: "Innovation is and will remain a critical contributor to our Company’s strong competitive advantage in the medical devices market, to Ireland’s business growth and high-technology job creation, ...

Cook Medical wins inaugural Limerick Region Company of the Year Award

28/10/2011: Limerick, Ireland, Oct 28 2011 – Cook Medical’s valuable place among the business community in Limerick has been recognised by Limerick Chamber at the inaugural Limerick Region Business Awards ...

Crospon receives FDA clearance for external channel endoscopic accessory

19/10/2011: Irish medical device developer, Crospon has today announced that it has received FDA clearance for its EF-800 external channel endoscopic accessory. Market launch is anticipated in December 2011. ...

European medical technology industry launches 5-year strategy and commits to value-based innovation

12/10/2011: The European medical technology industry association Eucomed launched today at the MedTech Forum in Brussels its 5 year industry strategy report ‘Contract for a Healthy Future’ in which the ...

Biotrin Group officially opens new facility in Dublin

27/09/2011: Minister of Trade and Development, Jan O’Sullivan TD, officiated at the opening of the new Research, Development and Manufacturing facility for the Biotrin Group in Dublin on Tuesday 27 September ...

Electronic labelling of medical devices a boon for people’s safety, accuracy of instructions and environment

26/09/2011: Electronic labelling of medical devices a boon for people’s safety, accuracy of instructions and environment EU Regulatory Committee on Medical Devices approves regulation on e-instructions ...

X-BOLT Orthopaedics receives CE Mark certification for X-Bolt®

14/09/2011: Hip fracture fixation device to commence clinical trials in Irish Hospitals from September X-BOLT Orthopaedics, a Dublin based medical device company today announced that its X-Bolt® device has ...

Cook Medical Launches World’s First Stent Engineered Specifically for Use in the Iliofemoral Veins

12/09/2011: Zilver® Vena™ designed to meet specific challenges of treating iliofemoral venous outflow obstruction Munich, 10 September 2011: Cook Medical, a world leader in minimally invasive medical ...

Philips and Aerogen collaborate to develop breakthrough non-invasive respiratory drug delivery solution.

31/08/2011: Andover, Mass., USA and Galway, Ireland Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI; NYSE: PHG) and Aerogen, a Galway, Ireland-based medical technology and drug delivery company, have collaborated to ...

Philips and Aerogen collaborate to develop breakthrough non-invasive respiratory drug delivery solution.

31/08/2011: Andover, Mass., USA and Galway, Ireland Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI; NYSE: PHG) and Aerogen, a Galway, Ireland-based medical technology and drug delivery company, have collaborated to ...

Aerogen receives Ruban d'Honneur Award

02/08/2011: Galway based Aerogen, a medical device and drug delivery company has been awarded the internationally prestigious Ruban dHonneur award in the European Business Awards. The award is in recognition of ...

Moll Industries Ireland announce ISO13485 Medical Device Certification

25/07/2011: In addition to celebrating the completion of its first year since their Management Buyout, Moll Industries Ireland Ltd. today announced successful certification to the ISO 13485: 2003 Quality ...

Scott R. Ward joins Creganna-Tactx Medical Board of Directors

12/07/2011: Galway, Ireland, July 12th 2011 – Creganna-Tactx Medical, a leading provider of medical device outsourcing solutions, is pleased to announce that Mr. Scott R. Ward has been appointed to its Board ...

Aerogen Integrate into the Maquet SERVO-i

08/07/2011: Swedish based Maquet Critical Care and Aerogen, Ireland, have today announced the release of their partnered product, an integrated unit which provides state of the art nebulizers for the Maquet ...

Teleflex Medical OEM in Limerick to expand manufacturing capability

08/06/2011: Teleflex Medical OEM, in Limerick (TML), has announced that it intends to expand its manufacturing capability and create up to 80 new jobs. The expansion is supported by the Irish Government with ...

SteriPack ISO 17025 Test Laboratory

31/05/2011: SteriPack Laboratory is an independent ISO 17025 Accredited Laboratory located at SteriPack's manufacturing plant in Co.Offaly, Ireland. The laboratory has been established since 2010 and has ...

KERNEL CAPITAL HAS LED A €1.1M INVESTMENT IN RADISENS DIAGNOSTICS

27/05/2011: Kernel Capital through the Bank of Ireland MedTech Accelerator Fund has made a €500k investment in Cork-based Radisens Diagnostics Ltd, a medical diagnostics start up company. The total round of ...

Irish Medical Device Company Receives €8.7 Million investment.

23/05/2011: SEROBA KERNEL LIFE SCIENCES AND CREDIT AGRICOLE PRIVATE EQUITY FILTER AN €8.7 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO NOVATE MEDICAL LTD. GALWAY, IRELAND. 20 May 2011. Novate Medical Ltd., a privately-held ...

AEROGEN TO REPRESENT IRELAND IN EUROPE’S MOST COMPETITIVE BUSINESS AWARDS COMPETITION

09/05/2011: Aerogen, a Galway based medical device and drug delivery company, is to represent Ireland in the prestigious 2011 European Business Awards. Aerogen is no stranger to awards having previously won ...

Aerogen to Represent Ireland

05/05/2011: AEROGEN TO REPRESENT IRELAND IN EUROPES MOST COMPETITIVE BUSINESS AWARDS COMPETITION Aerogen, a Galway based medical device and drug delivery company, is to represent Ireland in the prestigious 2011 ...

Structured PhD Programme in Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM)

29/04/2011: Structured PhD Programme in Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM) This is a new 4-year Structured PhD Programme in Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, which will be ...

Designing for Electron Beam Irradiation - An Insight into the Methods and Material Compatibility

04/04/2011: "Designing for Electron Beam Irradiation"- An Insight into the Methods and Material Compatibility Isotron will hold an information day on ‘Designing for Electron Beam Irradiation’, at the ...

Galway's Crospon in Israeli deal

25/03/2011: Galway-based medical device developer, Crospon, today said it has signed a collaborative agreement with Israeli firm, Smart Medical Systems, to develop new endoscopy technology. Smart Medical will ...

Contech Medical International Announces Corporate Name Change to Advant Medical

21/03/2011: Contech Medical International Announces Corporate Name Change to Advant Medical Galway, Ireland, (21st March 2011) – Contech Medical International, a leading provider of contract services in areas ...

Metal Improvement Company, Galway facility

01/03/2011: Metal Improvement Company establishes new high technology coatings facility in Galway Ireland World leader in surface treatments and technologies invests €1.4 million in Galway Parkmore business ...

Seabrook CEO cites shortage of IT staff as a barrier to Irelands recovery

01/03/2011: Speaking at the recent Cork Chamber of Commerce event entitled Business And Investment Opportunities in India, Sean OSullivan, CEO of Seabrook Technology Group, spoke of his grave concern at the ...

Shannon MicroCoil launches its Integra Range of medical shaft reinforcement coils

23/02/2011: Shannon Microcoil introduces the new range of shaft reinforcement coils with integratred radiopaque band sections proximally and distally. These flat wire coils provide unmatched kink resistance and ...

Kernel Capital launch €10M Bank of Ireland MedTech Accelerator Fund

03/02/2011: Kernel Capital to manage 'Bank of Ireland MedTech Accelerator Fund' established with co-investors: NUI Galway, Enterprise Ireland & University of Limerick Foundation CORK Ireland, 03 February 2011: ...

75 Jobs to be created by Zeus in Letterkenny

17/12/2010: Seventy-five new jobs are to be created by a medical device company in Letterkenny as part of a €10m investment. Zeus is based at the IDA Business and Technology Park in the town and is planning a ...

Daily Telegraph: The hi-tech miracle rescuing Ireland from a banking crisis. Alone among the debt–stricken states of the outer eurozone, Ireland has a booming export base.

08/10/2010: July’s trade surplus of €4,482bn (£3,920bn) was almost double that of the same month two years ago (€2,618bn), even though Dell Computers has since decamped to Poland for cheaper labour. Dell’s ...

Moll Ireland- Expert Molding Partner - MBO From Moll Industries US

05/08/2010: Moll Industries Ireland is located in Donegal Town and has been in the Injection Moulding Industry at this site for over 20 years, with a modern Production Facility including a Class 10k & 100K ...

Biotrin Group Announce Research and Development project for Dublin with the Creation of 40 new jobs

29/06/2010: Leading-edge Medical Device investment demonstrates Ireland’s reputation as a key Research and Development Location. Dublin, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keffe TD, today ...

BlueBridge Technologies Semi-Finalists – “Your Country Your Call” Competition

29/06/2010: BlueBridge Technologies has been shortlisted to the last 20 from a pool of over 9,000 entries to the “Your country Your call” competition. The entry “The Ideas Factory” centres on the creation ...

Medical devices firm Crospon wins SFA Innovator award

12/03/2010: www.siliconrepublic.com Galway-based medical device research and development (R&D) company Crospon won the Innovator of the Year award at the SFA National Small Business awards at Trinity College ...

New green investment of €5.5 million by Baxter Healthcare in Mayo

11/03/2010: New green investment of €5.5 million by Baxter Healthcare in Mayo 14/12/09 Company to generate green energy to help reduce its costs and lower its carbon footprint This initiative will not only ...

Seroba Kernel announced today that it led a 4.0 million Series A equity financing in Veryan Holdings Limited (Veryan),

11/03/2010: New financing to advance novel stent technology through clinical development Dublin, Ireland 11 March 2010: Seroba Kernel announced today that it led a 4.0 million Series A equity financing in ...

Creganna Acquires Tactx Medical Inc

05/01/2010: Two of the Worlds Leading Providers of Technologies and Services to the Minimally Invasive Medical Device Industry Combine Company to be Known as Creganna Tactx Medical Extended Global Reach, ...

New green investment of €5.5 million by Baxter Healthcare in Mayo

14/12/2009: New green investment of €5.5 million by Baxter Healthcare in Mayo 14/12/09 Company to generate green energy to help reduce its costs and lower its carbon footprint This initiative will not only ...

AdvaMed end of year commentary : 10 biggest medical-technology stories of 2009

08/12/2009: News for medical technology professionals | December 8, 2009 Looking Back at the Year AdvaMed year-end commentary Stephen J. Ubl, AdvaMed Congress is still considering the largest overhaul of the ...

Advamend end of year commentary : 10 biggest medical-technology stories of 2009

08/12/2009: News for medical technology professionals | December 8, 2009 Looking Back at the Year AdvaMed year-end commentary Stephen J. Ubl, AdvaMed Congress is still considering the largest overhaul of the ...

Bio-medical firm expands pioneering technology and launches its Business Expansion Scheme 09 offering following Enterprise Ireland investment.

27/11/2009: Co. Cork, Ireland 27 Nov. 2009 Bio-medical firm expands pioneering technology and launches its Business Expansion Scheme 09 offering following Enterprise Ireland investment. EnBIO™, headquartered ...

Merit Medical Systems Announces Three-Part Deal With Vysera Biomedical Limited

27/10/2009: SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Oct. 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMSI) , a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, ...

Eucomed press release 17/09 Eucomed and the European Commission to address 'most pressing Medtech issues'

17/09/2009: 400 experts attend Eucomed MedTech Forum 'Living until 100 will be commonplace' Brussels, 8 October - Today sees the end of Eucomed's MedTech Forum - the largest gathering in Europe of its kind, ...

Cambus Medical Announces Creation of over 60 new jobs

08/09/2009: CAMBUS MEDICAL ANNOUNCES CREATION OF OVER 60 NEW JOBS. Cambus Medical announced today the creation of over 60 new jobs at their medical device company in Spiddal, Co Galway bringing the total ...

Caragh Precision achieves ISO 13485:2003 certification

25/08/2009: Caragh Precision is pleased to announce that is has achieved certification to ISO 13485:2003. Our commitment to the highest standard of quality is evident through our investment in sophisticated ...

Caragh Precision launches new website

25/08/2009: We are delighted to anounce the launch of our brand new website following months of planning and development. Our aim was to design a more user friendly website highlighting our capabilities and ...

Lake Region Medical Acquires Brivant Medical; Merged Companies Strategically Aligned for Global Competitive Edge

28/07/2009: U.S. parent company sees growth, jobs in Galway's guidewire medical device maker New Ross, Co Wexford, Ireland - July 27, 2009 - Lake Region Medical, Ltd., a subsidiary of the closely-held Lake ...

RR Donnelley Product Completion and Fulfilment Facility Receives ISO 13485:2003 Certification

08/07/2009: Operations In Limerick Earn Medical Devices Accreditation Chicago July 07, 2009 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE: RRD) today announced that its product completion and fulfilment facility in ...

Electron Beam Technology Comes to Isotron Ireland

30/06/2009: Isotron Ireland announces the expansion of its Tullamore facility with the introduction of an Electron Beam. Electron beam irradiation technology provides an alternative to the Ethylene Oxide Gas ...

Caragh Precision featured in Sunday Business Post

12/06/2009: Caragh Precision based in Parkmore West Business Park, Galway provides precision machined components and product to the medical device industry from its purpose built 40,000 sq ft, environmentally ...

Outsource Technical Concepts Sunday Business Post Article

12/06/2009: Significant opportunities are being created as a result of growing outsourcing trends in the Med Tech sector. Previously limited to areas such as packaging, sterilization and logistics, outsourcing ...

Crospon Signs World-Wide Distribution Deal for EndoFLIP Product

02/06/2009: Friday 29th May 2009 - Crospon, a medical device developer based in Galway, Ireland, today announced it has agreed a worldwide distribution deal for its flagship gastroenterology product, EndoFLIP. ...

Tytex Ireland Ltd Employees Graduate from IMDA Skillnet Programme

02/06/2009: Congratulations to Tytex's first graduates from the IMDA Skillnet programme: Michael Mullins, Tommy Kenefick, Kiera Geary, Mark Carey and Johnny Bulman all received Certificates of Achievement in ...

Expansion of Isotron Irelands Tullamore Facility

29/05/2009: ELECTRON BEAM TECHNOLOGY COMES TO ISOTRON IRELAND Isotron Ireland announces the expansion of its Tullamore facility with the introduction of an Electron Beam. Electron beam irradiation technology ...

Success for Beckman Coulter Galway Employees

27/05/2009: Caroline Conway (Human Resources) and Sandra Grogan (Quality Control) were recipients of the 2008 Beckman Coulter European Performance Excellence Award. The award recognises Beckman Coulter ...

IMDA Skillnet Graduates from Siemens

14/05/2009: On the 13th of May, Pat Redmond, Managing Director of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Ltd, presented employees Dave Mehigan and Elaine Dunphy with their Certificates of Achievement in ...

Galway Life-Science Companies present Basketball Wheelchairs to Titans Basketball Club

15/04/2009: 15-April-2009: As the Liverpool and Chelsea teams clashed in an impressive display of determination and skill on Tuesday night, two other clubs were forging a praiseworthy alliance in the Salthill ...

Crospon Recognised for Technology Implementation by Frost & Sullivan Awards

08/04/2009: Crospon recognised for Technology Implementation by Frost & Sullivan Awards 2009 European Gastroenterology Technology Implementation of the Year Award Crospon, a medical device developer based in ...

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