TECHNOLOGY firm Biosensia has raised €2 million in a recent equity funding round for expansion.

NOVATE MEDICAL, a privately-held development-stage medical device company based in Galway, has just completed a €4m round of funding.

A PHARMACEUTICAL company fronted by former Elan executives plans to raise over €40 million from a stock market flotation.

The Tánaiste has launched Building Biotech Businesses, a strategy by Enterprise Ireland to develop Ireland's biotechnology and life sciences industry.