Former Trinity College campus company Opsona Therapeutics has landed a further €3 million in funding, which will help finance planned tests on its lead product and boost its treatment potential.

Drug development firm Opsona Therapeutics has raised €33m to fund test work on a product it is developing to help kidney transplant patients amongst others.

OPSONA Therapeutics is set to announce a major link-up with a multinational drugs company that will facilitate significant medical research in an area of auto-immune diseases.

Ireland’s biotechnology industry is strong and primed for further growth, a government minister claimed today.

A team of researchers funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has made a significant breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for infectious and inflammatory diseases.