About
This sector deals with the use of technology to improve health. It is a significant industry in Ireland, with many people employed in creating medical devices such as contact lenses, diabetes injectors and ventilators. Biomedical technologies fuse biology and medicine with the goal of maintaining and improving animal and human health. On the more advanced edges of the sector the devices worked on can seem like they’re straight out of a science fiction movie.
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Key Facts
of all contact lenses in the world are made in Ireland
medtech companies operating in Ireland
employed in medtech companies in Ireland
of the worlds top 25 medtech companies are based in Ireland
Labour Market Information
According to the Irish Medtech Association 38,000 are employed in Medtech, with companies planning on hiring up to 4000 new staff by 2020. This means Ireland has, per capita, the highest number of people employed in Medtech.
Innovation and competitiveness are vital to the sector in Ireland. Key to maintaining their advantage in these areas are the qualifed gradutes emerging from Irish heigher education institutions.
In this Sector...
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials occur in phases, where a drug is tested on patients or on healthy volunteers.
Medical Devices
Career opportunities in the world of medical technologies range from the research, design and manufacture of simple consumables such as bandages, to electrically active implantable products such as artificial hearts, cardiovascular stents, orthopaedic knees, wheelchairs and contact lenses.
Plastics & Polymer
The plastics industry in Ireland is an important sub sector of MedTech. It includes suppliers of raw materials, plastic processors and service providers.
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