Seventy three Irish medical technology companies will meet with over 300 international blue-chip company buyers from 42 countries at Enterprise Ireland’s bi-annual Med in Ireland event in the RDS in Dublin today.
 
Med in Ireland is Ireland’s largest medical technologies event showcasing the entire spectrum of the Irish medtech sector. With the sector employing over 38,000 people directly in Ireland – approximately 6,500 employed by indigenous Irish firms- the event promotes Ireland as a globally recognised centre of excellence in medtech innovation and technologies.
 
Ireland is one of the leading clusters for medtech product globally, and in 2016, Enterprise Ireland recorded 7% export growth for the twelve-month period with the sector experiencing in excess of 5% export growth year- on-year since 2012.
 
Source: www.businessworld.ie