The Irish Times

Pricing is major factor in Ireland's HRT shortage, drug chief says

Supply problems always relate to the low-cost market, says head of drug manufacturer

Tue May 03 2022 - 05:50

Department defends €90m deal for antiviral drugs to treat Covid-19

Cost of deal is three times annual budget usually in place for new drugs in Republic

Tue Jan 11 2022 - 21:10

Firm linked to maternity consultant in €1.5m tax settlement

Medical doctors prominent on latest tax defaulters list

Tue Sept 14 2021 - 15:31

Drug used to manage hospital Covid-19 withheld from nursing homes

Operator of nursing home says if drug ‘works in hospitals why can it not be allowed in care homes?’

Mon Apr 27 2020 - 06:29

RIC row: ‘Shameful’ if spirit and tolerance of 2016 events lost

Advisory group chair hopes War of Independence, Civil War marked as Rising was

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 02:00

War of Independence discovery reveals IRA spy network

Undercover agents within British services able to identify targets for IRA assassination

Tue Jan 21 2020 - 01:00

Deep rifts over Presbyterian Church’s hard line on same-sex marriage

New laws in North will see further divisions emerge as attitudes harden within church

Mon Oct 21 2019 - 01:00

Hospitals incentivised to move patients off expensive medicines

Scheme offers €500 per patient to departments that switch from Humira and Enbrel

Sat Jun 01 2019 - 18:08

HSE to consider funding Spinraza as NHS approves muscle-wasting therapy

Biogen, maker of drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy, drops price of medicine

Wed May 15 2019 - 17:15

Pricing of medicines needs to be reformed, says IPHA president

Aidan Lyncht HSE should not be expected to pay for drugs that are not innovative

Wed May 15 2019 - 05:45

New cancer drugs could cost State €500m

Number of indications covered by VHI initiative now 13, not three as had been thought

Sat Apr 20 2019 - 01:00

Rivals have no plans to follow VHI’s decision on cancer drugs

Move raises questions of equity between public and private patients

Tue Apr 16 2019 - 00:27

Drug costs threaten to bankrupt healthcare, says lobby group

Access to Medicines Ireland seeks change in R&D approach of pharmaceutical companies

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 12:50

Ten new medicines waited more than two years for HSE approval

Medicines generally blocked on basis of price as Ipha says delay ‘unacceptably long’

Mon Mar 11 2019 - 05:55

Shouting the loudest often proves the catalyst in a broken drug-approvals process

Spinraza is the latest in a series of controversial drugs that have put Ireland’s unique approval system in the spotlight

Fri Mar 01 2019 - 05:45

Drug companies angry at allegation of ‘predatory pricing’

Row between industry and body that advises the HSE over access to market for new medicines

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 19:39

Access to new drug to be extended to all cervical cancer sufferers

Pembro to be made available to all clinically suitable women with cervical cancer

Mon Dec 03 2018 - 00:26

Limiting cancer drug access to 221 women ‘discrimination’

Labour TD criticises selective provision of drug to women caught up in CervicalCheck controversy

Wed Nov 21 2018 - 14:26

Sheils to become biggest Ford dealership following MotorPark takeover

Deal sees Sheils become main Ford and Honda retailer for Limerick, Clare and Galway

Wed Oct 17 2018 - 01:00

Joe Duffy Group to buy part of rival Motorpark pending approval

Auto dealer hopes mergers watchdog approves sale on time for it to go through next month

Thu Feb 15 2018 - 06:30

Bill will require doctors to declare gifts from pharma firms

Healthcare companies gave €30 million to hospitals, medical staff in 2016, says Minister

Fri Oct 20 2017 - 21:47

EP2017 Ticket Awards: Festival heroes and Stradbally zeros

The music. The food. The clobber. Here’s the best and worst of this year’s Electric Picnic

Mon Sept 04 2017 - 06:00

Bord na Móna profit slumps despite State support, figures show

Diversified State company faces questions over role after peat harvesting ends

Mon Jul 17 2017 - 21:33

Increase in €2.50 prescription levy has cost State millions

More patients are switching to Long-Term Illness scheme to avoid paying charge

Fri May 12 2017 - 01:00

Easter Rising commemoration honours fallen of 1916

Recall ‘those who did not come home while our dream of independence became a reality’

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:43

Price row set to end access to lung disease drug

Over 20 emphysema sufferers to see use of ‘life changing’ Respreeza finish in two weeks

Thu Feb 16 2017 - 02:01

Orkambi protests highlight need for clear policy on expensive drugs

Health spending in one area cannot come at expense of another

Fri Dec 09 2016 - 01:00

Seen&Heard: Pay demands may rule out tax cuts in next budget

Also: Ireland should pull out of EU if corporation tax threatened, says Kingspan chief

Sun Nov 06 2016 - 15:38

Minister proposes EU bulk buying of drugs to lower costs

Health authorities criticised for refusing to fund ‘game-changing’ cystic fibrosis drug

Thu Jun 02 2016 - 14:55

Two shipwrecks discovered along Connemara coastline

Vessels from 18th- and 19th-centuries found in bays that were renowned for smuggling

Mon Apr 11 2016 - 01:01

A bit of blue heaven in Greystones for €1.15m

This country-style three-bedroom period cottage in the Burnaby has many original features and offers all the comfort and warmth of modern living

Wed Mar 30 2016 - 13:00

Cystic fibrosis drug may be made available to patients

Orkambi has been described as a ‘game changer’ by health campaigners

Sun Dec 20 2015 - 17:04

The difficult world of Irish (small) publishing

Forget literary lunches and glittering launches, writes Michael Barry. Think low overheads, lower margins, lugging boxes of books and a struggle to get reviews

Wed Sept 16 2015 - 12:45

Traditional Christian values reaffirmed by new Presbyterian moderator

LGTB people told church is not homophobic

Tue Jun 02 2015 - 08:07