A £11.7million investment to accelerate pharmaceutical innovation and help businesses bring new products to market has been announced by Department for the Economy NI Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald. The funding…
NI wins major Medical Research Council investment to train next generation of life-sciences leaders. Northern Ireland has secured one of 14 prestigious Medical Research Council (MRC) doctoral awards across the…
Our October Company of the Month is CV6 Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company headquartered in Belfast, developing potential first in class therapeutics for cancer and inflammatory disease. Founded on…
HIRANI’s Mentoring Programme is designed to do more than connect innovators with experienced mentors. It creates opportunities for practical, targeted conversations that help founders and innovation teams test assumptions, work…
A new strategic partnership has been signed between Roche Diagnostics UK & Ireland, HIRANI, the Department of Health (DoH) NI and the Department for the Economy (DfE) NI. The Memorandum…
Are you a commercially aware and collaborative leader, able to provide continuity through an important period of transition for us, the Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI)? Our new…
The Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI) was established to strengthen the Life & Health Sciences ecosystem by maintaining a clear vision and strategic direction, and to act as a single voice for the sector with a focus on promoting Life and Health sciences capabilities in Northern Ireland.
To drive collaboration and connectivity across business, academia and health organisations in the life and health sciences sector.
To act as a voice for the life and health sciences sector enabling the sector to collectively promote and strategically position itself nationally and internationally.
To provide a front door to Northern Ireland’s life and health sciences sector and offers simple access to the resources and expertise of the region.
Clusters bring together vital stakeholders required to catalyse innovation across a region. We engage across borders and across the sector to develop funding, influence, policy and opportunity for collaboration. Through our events and sector knowledge, we represent Northern Ireland stakeholders and innovators on the global stage.
We support innovation by bringing together academia, health, industry and government.
We are committed to supporting and working with life sciences companies, the health and social care sectors and academia to identify and embed innovation to make a real difference to patients and the people of Northern Ireland.
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We aim to globally promote Northern Ireland’s life sciences community and showcase our strengths.
Our team can support your organisation by providing you with relevant information and guidance about the life sciences and health and social care innovation landscape in Northern Ireland.
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