Jun01Thu

Ireland’s Economic & Competitiveness Update Q2 2017

Strong Sustained Economic Growth

* Fastest growing economy in Eurozone, 5th consecutive year of economic expansion.

* Broad based growth; Consumer spend +4.2%, construction +11% and exports +9.8%, all contributing positively to growth.

* Ireland ranks 6th of 63 countries benchmarked in the 2017
IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, up one place from last year.

* Ireland’s debt to GDP ratio (75%) is also on a firm downward trajectory below the Euro area (90%) and EU (85%) averages.

* Irish Government Debt has an A rating with all major rating agencies with stable to positive outlooks forecast.

May11Thu

Member News: ICON named by Forbes as one of the best employers in America

Forbes ranking of top employers drawn from a survey of 30,000 US employees in 25 industry sectors

Dublin, Ireland, 11 May 2017 – ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that it has been included in Forbes magazine’s America’s Best Employers list for 2017.

Now in its third year, the Forbes list features the top 500 large employers in the US with more than 5,000 employees and the top 300 midsize companies with 1,000 – 5,000 employees. ICON was the highest ranked CRO in the best midsize employers listing. Read More

May08Mon

Member News: Almac Discovery Announce key Wee-1 kinase patent approval

Inhibitors of Wee-1 kinase, cell cycle regulator, have potential for clinical utility across a broad range of cancer indications

Craigavon, N.I., UK, 08 May 2017 – Almac Discovery, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and identifying innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademarks office (USPTO) has granted patent protection for a key patent family for its Wee-1 kinase inhibitor programme.

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May05Fri

IABCN in New York

IABCN Board members, Kevin Kent, Sean Flatley and Christine Hartmann, travelled to the Irish Consulate in New York City on May 5th to join the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland in celebrating the US launch of the Irish-US Economic Relationship 2017 Report. To read the entire report, please click HERE.

Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD, Minister of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation gave an address on the reciprocal nature of the Irish-America relationship. Also present was Olympic Medalist Annalise Murphy who won the Silver in the 2016 Olympics in Rio for sailing.

Congratulations were bestowed on Galway man, Gavin Henningan, who finished third and set a new Irish record for rowing across the Atlantic in the Talisker Whiskey challenge in under 50 days. He rowed from the Canary Islands to Antigua.