the irish healthtech guide
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THE IRISH HEALTH TECH GUIDE
2014
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THE WORLD’S BIGGEST PROBLEM
MORE EXPENSIVE US Healthcare expenditure is over 18% GDP
OLDERBy 2050, over 60s will outnumber
under 15s
FATTERPhysical inactivity is the world’s 4th
leading killer
WHY HEALTH TECH?A fusion of digital technology and healthcare innovation
Improving access
Empowering patients and professionals
Reducing costs
TECHNOLOGY CAN TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE
1 billion smartphones
Sensors everywhere!
Medical information is doubling every 5 years
INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE NEEDS AN ECOSYSTEMInnovation benefits every stage of the health ecosystem
Individual
Hospitals
Government
Education
NGOs
Medical Devices
Bio-pharmaceuticals
Employers
Family
Health Plans
Investors
Entrepreneurs
BEYOND SILICON VALLEYInnovation in healthcare is needed everywhere
WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY GREAT? Talent
Strong Pool of Innovators
Local Capital
Killer Events
Great Universities
Local Press
Connected Alumni and Diaspora
WELCOME TO IRELAND
A STRONG POOL OF INNOVATORS
4/5 leading ICT
companies
8/10 leading online game companies
9/10 leading pharma
companies
17/25 leading MedTech
companies
TALENT
One third of the population are under 25
Only English speaking
country in Eurozone
Access to EU population of
500m
The highest number of
engineering grads in the EU
COMPANIES IN IRELANDDUBLIN - IT
GALWAY - Medtech
CORK - Pharma
LOCAL CAPITALTech accounts for 90% of Venture Capital in Ireland.
KILLER EVENTS
GREAT UNIVERSITIES
Sunday Business Post Silicon Republic Freelance Irish Times Irish Examiner Sunday Times
Today FM Sunday Times Irish Times RTE Irish Times Irish Times
The Journal Irish Times Sunday Business Post Irish Independent Irish Times
LOCAL PRESS
Adrian Weckler Carmel Doyle Chris Horn Ciara O'Brien Conor Keane Gabrielle Monahan
Gavan Reilly Gavin Daly John Collins John Murray Johnny Ryan Karlin Lilington
Michelle Hennessy Pamela Newenham Philip Connolly Thomas Molloy Tom Lyons
HEALTH TECH COMPANIES
SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
Dave Gibson GSK
Darren Daly ByrneWallace
Damian O’Kelly Nutritics
Cormac Kilty Argutus Medical
Conor Hanley RedMed
Colm Galligan Merck
Caelen King WhatClinic.com
Brian Moore ORRECCO
Brian Caulfield INSIGHT, UCD
Brendan Casey Swiftqueue
Bill Liao SOS Ventures
Barry Smyth INSIGHT
Barry O’Sullivan INSIGHT, UCC
Avril Copeland Physiotherapy
Aviva Cohen Neuro Hero
Andrew Murphy Sláinte Healthcare
Alan O’Connell Seroba
Alan ClaytonSOS Ventures
SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
Joey Mason Delta Partners
Joe WileySofinnova Ventures
Jim Joyce Point of Care
Jean Dunne ICON
James Malone Friends Through Food
Iarfhlaith Kelly Kitman Labs
Howard Beggs Helix Health Group
Grant Verstandig Audax Health Solutions
Graham Lowe Molecular Medicine
Eoghan Murphy TD
Enda Madden GroupNos
Emma Murphy The Turning Institute
Emer O’Reilly MPRII
Derek Young i360medical
Declan Kelly Aspirico
David Prendergast Intel
David Nash Sláinte Healthcare
David Cooper Cooper Engineering
SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
Mark Ledwidge St. Vincent’s
University Hospital
Mark Ferguson Science Foundation
Ireland
Marie Ennis-O’Connor Health2Dublin
Lorraine Dempsey Inclusion Ireland
Lisa Domican Grace App
Liam Ryan Health2.0
Leonora O’Brien Pharmapod
Krystian Fikert MyMind
Kieran Daly Health Founders
Kerrill Thornhill Maithú IT Solutions
Ken Cahill SilverCloud
Keith O’Neill Lifescience & Food Commercialisation
June Shannon Irish Medical News
Julie O’Donnell Lundbeck
Johnny Walker Health Founders
John McKeownAllergy Standards
John Dinsmore CPHI, TCD
John Dineen FTI Consulting
SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
Robert Cairnduff 3D4Medical
Rhona O’Mahoney National Maternity
Hospital
Paul O’Hara Ashoka Europe
Paul Mooney HealthComms
Paul Galvin Tyndall
Padraig McKeonDCU
Paddy Holahan NewBay
Paddy Cosgrave Web Summit
Orla Tinsley Campainer
Noel Toonan Naloot Ltd
Niall Rafferty Medxnote.com
Niall O’Neill Deloitte Consulting
Michael Mitchell Sense of Skin
Michael John Gorman Science Gallery
Michael Caulfield Intelesens
Mary Ivers All Hallows College
Mary Cronin ThousandSeeds
Martin Kelly IBM
William Lyons Shimmer
William Cirillo Insulcheck
Will Prendergast Frontline Ventures
Vicky McGrath Catapult Lifesciences
Trevor Duffy Consultant
Rheumatologist
Tom O’Leary ICON
Tom O’Callaghan iheed Institute
Tom Gray Kainos
Teri Morris YouSteps
Stephen Young Blg
Shay Garvey Frontline Ventures
Shane Owens iOS and Web Developer
Sean Mulvany Enterprise Ireland
Seamus Donnelly UCD Medical Practice
Ryan Quigley Abbvie
Ronan McDonnell TCD
Ronan Kavanagh Consultant
Rheumatologist
Robert Kelly UPMC Beacon
SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
FRIENDS ABROAD
Vishal Gulati Specialist Investor
Stuart Coulson Stanford University
Steve Seuntjens Personal Health Solutions
Peter Milner SinuSys Corp
Maneesh Juneja Digital Health Futurist
Kate Gunning Market Strategist
John Nosta Forbes
Gareth Keane Qualcomm Ventures
Esther Dyson HICCup
Eoghan Jennings HealthXL
Dave Shanahan Abbvie
Chris Coburn Partners Healthcare
Barry O’Brien Silicon Valley Bank
Andrew Broderick Public Health Institute
GET CONNECTED!If you are active in Health Tech and would like to be included in this report please let us know. Otherwise if you are interested in creating a report for your local community please contact us at:
healthxl.co Isa@healthxl.co@health_xl
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