Press releases

Irish Medtech Association launch major survey results

13/06/2019 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the sector, today revealed the results of major survey on advanced manufacturing at the “Manufacturing the Future Conference 2019”, at

Irish Medtech Association launch “The Medtech Entrepreneur”

07/06/2019 - Today for the fifth annual European Medtech Week the Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the sector, has launched “The Medtech Entrepreneur”. This is a special publication

Medtech on the rise

06/06/2019 - “In the past 25 years, the medtech sector has gone from a burgeoning industry to a global powerhouse,” says Irish Medtech Association Chair and FIRE1 CEO Conor Hanley. “In that time, the number

Irish Medtech proudly supports Irish Powerchair team

17/05/2019 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, is proud to be the lead sponsor of the Republic of Ireland Powerchair Football Squad ahead of 2019 European

Special Ibec / European Investment Bank event in Galway

08/03/2019 - Future medical technology investment by Galway based Aerogen will be supported by a EUR 30 million loan agreed with the European Investment Bank highlighted at the first sector focused EIB-Ibec

New Medtech Chair to prioritise startups & connected health

12/02/2019 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the sector, has announced FIRE1 CEO Conor Hanley as Chair of the association and S3 Connected Health’s CEO John O’Brien as Vice Chair.

Medtech industry welcomes new graduates

16/01/2019 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, along with the University of Limerick, celebrated the graduation of the Springboard+ funded Bachelor of Science in

EU reforms make Medtech Regulatory Affairs graduates vital

02/11/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association Skillnet with the Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, along with NUI Galway and IT Sligo highlighted the importance of

Brexit may jeopardise patient access to medical devices

23/10/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, warned ahead of the Global Access 2018 conference in Galway later this week that the EU is running out of time to

Latest Brexit survey reveals concerns for Medtech

19/09/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, today released a special report on Brexit and the Irish medtech sector’ (see attached). With a ‘Brexit summit’

Top five trends in medtech revealed at Medtech Awards launch

22/08/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, along with Enterprise Ireland, and IDA Ireland, today launched Medtech Rising: The Irish Medtech Awards. The awards

€42m centre needed to safeguard growth of Medtech sector

15/08/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the sector, has called on Government to invest €42 million in an advanced discrete manufacturing centre of scale in Budget 2019 (see

Buoyant medtech sector sees 2,070 jobs& €259m in investments

08/08/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, today launched Medtech Rising: The Irish Medtech CEO Conference which will be held in Cork for the first time, in