€5m boost for UCC health innovation hub

University College Cork is to be the headquarters for a €5m health innovation hub to foster links between industry and the health service. The hub has been running on a pilot basis in UCC since 2012 and has already supported 23 projects involving 27 companies.

€5m boost for UCC health innovation hub

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton and Health Minister Leo Varadkar, who announced the new national hub at Government Buildings in Dublin yesterday, described it as a “win-win” for business and the health service.

Director of the Demonstrator Health Innovation Hub at UCC, Dr Colman Casey, said he was delighted the Government had decided to scale the project up to national level.

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