Stay Informed on Corporate Sustainability

Author: Archie Villaflores

Irish start-up Nocomed has launched a sustainability platform built exclusively for the life sciences and healthcare sectors. The subscription-based tool helps medtech and pharma companies measure, report and reduce their carbon emissions.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Dublin-based healthcare administration and technology firm Medserv has secured a minority investment from private equity firm MML Ireland. The deal is set to accelerate expansion across Ireland, the UK and international markets.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Looking back to the Private Healthcare Awards 2025, Physio Performance was shortlisted for the Sports Injury Clinic of the Year category, recognised for an athlete-centred rehabilitation model that placed measurable outcomes, clinical governance, and staff expertise at the heart of sports injury care in Ireland. As the Private Healthcare Awards 2026 approaches, the clinic's commitment to rebuilding athletic potential rather than simply treating injury sets a high bar for the organisations now entering the next awards cycle.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Ireland's public hospital waiting lists grew by 11.8% in 2025, creating a structural opening for private elective care providers to demonstrate their strategic value. The Waiting Time Action Plan 2026 frames this as an opportunity, not a crisis, for organised private sector partnership.

Author: Archie Villaflores

In a throwback to the Private Healthcare Awards 2025, Dentaltech Group was shortlisted for the Best Use of Technology category, recognised for its digital reimagining of denture care that reduced patient visits, improved accessibility, and restored confidence to those underserved by conventional dental provision. As the Private Healthcare Awards 2026 approaches, the group's demonstration that clinical innovation and compassionate care can advance in tandem sets a compelling standard for the organisations now preparing to make their mark on this year's cycle.

Author: Archie Villaflores

US-based telehealth firm eMed has raised $200 million (€174.19 million) in a Series A round, valuing the Miami-headquartered company at more than $2 billion (€1.74 billion). This comes as it accelerates its agentic AI platform and employer healthcare cost management programmes.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Hong Kong private hospital Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong has become the first local private healthcare institution to partner with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, targeting AI and robotics-driven improvements across clinical and patient experience.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Optima Health has secured Irish regulatory clearance for its £100 million acquisition of PAM Healthcare Limited, a UK and Irish occupational health and wellness business. This paves the way for the transaction to complete imminently.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Donagh O'Leary, Managing Director of Clonmel Healthcare Ltd, has been elected Chairperson of Medicines for Ireland. He takes the helm as a landmark Framework Agreement reshapes the pricing and supply of generic medicines across the Irish healthcare market.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Randox Health has opened a new private diagnostic clinic in Newry city centre. The facility expands its Northern Ireland network to five locations as part of a broader strategy to bring preventative healthcare testing to high streets across the UK and Ireland.