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

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