Talking point: Make it a date – Med In Ireland

What is Med In Ireland?

The event, which takes place on 19 October in Dublin, is a high-profile showcase for the entire spectrum of the Irish medical technologies sector. Medical devices, sub-supply, precision engineered components, diagnostics, connected health, healthcare providers, and research and development will exhibit to an international audience.

Why Ireland?

Ireland boasts one of the most successful clusters of healthcare technology in the global medtech community. The region’s medtech leaders will congregate at the RDS, Dublin, for Med In Ireland, organised by Enterprise Ireland (EI).

According to EI, there are now 348 medtech firms based in Ireland, the majority of which are indigenous. The sector currently employs 29,000 people, with that figure forecast to rise over the next three years. 

Significant investment via the Science Foundation Ireland has boosted R&D the region, which is an academics’ paradise in terms of access to futuristic technologies.

With such a large market share, it’s little wonder the world’s medtech leaders are heading to Ireland to conduct R&D, and step up their manufacturing game.

The country sounds like it has its finger on the medtech pulse…

Yep. Perhaps the biggest indicator of success for the Irish medtech sector is the recently unveiled Cúram Centre for Research in Medical Devices in Galway.

Its aim is to unite collaborators to research and develop devices for treating chronic illnesses, including diabetes and heart disease. And with major names like Boston Scientific, Cook Medical and Stryker Instruments among its supporters, the centre seems bound to foster a wealth of new technologies.