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23 Jul Biotechnology Ireland ICON reports 49% increase in revenue and 52% increase in operating income and raises 2008 guidance
ICON (NASDAQ: ICLR), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, has reported its financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Net revenues for the quarter were $218.3 million, representing a 48.5% increase ...read more read more
23 Jul Biotechnology Ireland TYSABRI's Benefits Continue to Drive Product's Growth with More Than 31,800 Patients Receiving Treatment
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) have announced the two-year anniversary of TYSABRI(R) (natalizumab) as a treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), marking the reintroduction of the product in the United States (US) and the first international ...read more read more
23 Jul Biotechnology Ireland SFI Travel Fellowship Supplement
SFI has announced the launch of the new SFI Short Term Travel Fellowship Supplement, designed to enable team members in an SFI funded group to collaborate on research projects in laboratories outside the Republic of Ireland for a period of up to 3 calendar months.

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23 Jul Biotechnology Ireland Realtime Technologies launches SHIMMER - a wearable health sensor for both connected and wireless environments
Realtime Technologies, a leading provider of electronic manufacturing and design services, has (July 16, 2008)launched SHIMMERT, a hardware research platform designed for wearable health sensing in both connected and wireless environments. SHIMMER-which stands for Sensing Health with Intelligence, ...read more read more
21 Jul Biotechnology Ireland 16 new Proxy Biomedical jobs in Co Galway
Proxy Biomedical has (Monday, 21 July 2008) opened its new manufacturing premises in an Udaras na Gaeltachta facility in Spiddal in Co Galway. The company, which specialises in the research, development, production and marketing of biomaterials for the repair and regeneration of tissue, plans to ...read more read more
21 Jul Biotechnology Ireland IDA plans biopharma campus near Dundalk
The IDA is planning a major new biopharmaceutical campus near Dundalk and hopes to attract two multinationals to the site in the near future.

The agency has applied for planning permission on a 44 hectare site in Mullagharlin in the hope that pre-approved planning will act as an incentive ...read more read more
18 Jul Biotechnology Ireland Merrion Pharmaceuticals announces next stage of oral drug research programme with Novo Nordisk
Merrion Pharmaceuticals has (July 18th) announced the continuation of an oral drug delivery research collaboration programme with Novo Nordisk. This follows on from the completion of several oral feasibility studies combining Merrion's Gastrointestinal Permeation Enhancement Technology (GIPET) oral ...read more read more
18 Jul Biotechnology Ireland Devins hails advances in childhood eczema, coeliac disease, TB, malaria and viral hepatitis research
Dr Jimmy Devins TD, Minister for Science Technology and Innovation today (Friday, 18th July 2008) visited Trinity College Dublin to observe the huge advances the College has made in medical research.

Minister Devins visited the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and ...read more read more
17 Jul Biotechnology Ireland NNE Pharmaplan establishes Irish subsidiary with plans to create 20 jobs
NNE Pharmaplan has established an Irish subsidiary company to service the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industry in Ireland. Currently employing 20 people in a number of different projects, the company is planning to double their workforce by employing another 20 permanent and contract staff in ...read more read more
17 Jul Biotechnology Ireland UCD companies at forefront of international research on BSE and technologies to help older people'
Dr. Jimmy Devins Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation visited UCD today to see at first hand concrete examples of how the supports provided by Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment through Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland are used to deliver facilities that are ...read more read more