{"id":13186,"date":"2025-12-09T15:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=13186"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:58:37","slug":"irish-research-hub-continues-to-foster-national-ecosystem-for-innovative-therapeutics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/healthcare-innovations\/irish-research-hub-continues-to-foster-national-ecosystem-for-innovative-therapeutics\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish research hub continues to foster national ecosystem for innovative therapeutics\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"602\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-13187\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09152302\/vicky-1765293782-604bdfa4-06f0-4b6e-9fc3-3b5839a42002.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09152302\/vicky-1765293782-604bdfa4-06f0-4b6e-9fc3-3b5839a42002.jpg 602w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09152302\/vicky-1765293782-604bdfa4-06f0-4b6e-9fc3-3b5839a42002-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09152302\/vicky-1765293782-604bdfa4-06f0-4b6e-9fc3-3b5839a42002-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Prof Vincent P. Kelly<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Trinity College Dublin, ARC Hub for Therapeutics Academic Director<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"546\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-13188\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09152316\/vicky-1765293796-984346ac-c35f-4ddf-96fd-4f5274dc4c70-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09152316\/vicky-1765293796-984346ac-c35f-4ddf-96fd-4f5274dc4c70-2.jpg 546w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09152316\/vicky-1765293796-984346ac-c35f-4ddf-96fd-4f5274dc4c70-2-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Dr Araz Raoof<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">University College Dublin, ARC Hub for Therapeutics Executive Director<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>National research hub bridges Ireland\u2019s biopharmaceutical sector with the academic ecosystem, accelerating research towards commercial success and cultivating the next generation of research entrepreneurs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Ireland has the highest number of third-level graduates in Europe per population among people aged 25\u201334, with 25% of PhD graduates pursuing employment in the biopharmaceutical sector. \u201cIreland may seem small, but it\u2019s the 3rd largest exporter of pharmaceuticals worldwide, with a strong foundation of technology, making it well placed to innovate within the therapeutic space,\u201d explains Professor Vincent Kelly, Academic Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/therapeutics.archub.ie\/\">ARC Hub for Therapeutics<\/a> is leveraging Ireland\u2019s biomedical infrastructure to support early-career researchers. \u201cThe sheer depth of knowledge required to develop a therapeutic is enormous,\u201d&nbsp;explains Kelly. \u201cWe\u2019re supporting early-career researchers to realise their commercial ideas, connecting them to an ecosystem of support far wider than their academic institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-multi-institution-partnership-and-mentorship\"><strong>Multi-institution partnership and mentorship<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted at Trinity College Dublin, alongside University College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons, the ARC Hub will strengthen collaboration and knowledge transfer between universities, investors, industry and clinicians to create new therapeutic products, industry licenses and high-quality spin-outs indigenous to Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe risk is high in therapeutics, and community is important,\u201d explains Dr Araz Raoof, Executive Director. \u201cThe Hub brings together a diverse skillset of expertise and comprehensive operational models to help researchers with concept validation, clinical development and competitive analysis, helping to shape and mature ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/therapeutics.archub.ie\/\">The Hub<\/a> connects key stakeholders in therapeutic development, combining experts in project management, discovery research and business development with leading academic institutions, which Kelly refers to as Ireland\u2019s \u201cpowerhouses of research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The sheer depth of knowledge required to develop a therapeutic is enormous,<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-strategic-investment-in-therapeutic-innovation\"><strong>Strategic investment in therapeutic innovation<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ARC Hub for Therapeutics is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Southern, Eastern and Midland Regional Programme 2021-2027, and aligned with national priorities to affirm Ireland as a hub for therapeutic discovery. \u201cWe\u2019re catalysts and connectors, a key player in driving therapeutic innovation at both a national and European level,\u201d explains Raoof, \u201cWe hope to have a voice in driving the national life science strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ARC Hub is helping Ireland realise its promise as a leading biomedical ecosystem, creating a pool of researchers with therapeutic discovery mindsets, and promoting discovery in high-priority areas such as small-molecule programmes, gene therapy, biomaterials and therapeutic biomarkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mark the progress made since inception, <a href=\"https:\/\/therapeutics.archub.ie\/\">The ARC Hub for Therapeutics<\/a> held a \u2018launch event\u2019 bringing together academics, investors, business leaders, researchers and international accelerator programmes to showcase the projects underway and the possibilities for future innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div 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Ireland has the highest number of third-level graduates in Europe per population among people aged 25\u201334, with 25% of PhD graduates pursuing employment in the biopharmaceutical sector. \u201cIreland may seem small, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/healthcare-innovations\/irish-research-hub-continues-to-foster-national-ecosystem-for-innovative-therapeutics\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":13192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5973],"tags":[5995],"class_list":["post-13186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare-innovations","tag-healthcare-innovations"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09154647\/vicky-1765295205-Cover-image-1-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/12\/09154647\/vicky-1765295205-Cover-image-1-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Mica Robertson","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/micarobertson\/"},"vicky_category_order":[{"category_id":5973,"order":"7"}],"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13261,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186\/revisions\/13261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}