QP or “Qualified Person” courses in Ireland

**Jan 30th, 2012 update – thank you to the course coordinator for UCC, Linda McGuire, for the update on this post** As we are seeing an upturn in the requirement for excellent Quality staff, we thought it’d be interesting to collate the course that can lead to the QP or “Qualifed Person” status in Ireland. [...]

Summer blues? Not for us! The latest from Life Science Recruitment

There has been lots of interesting developments internally here in Life Science recently. While we all pine for the sun, our inner nerd has revelled in the opportunityy to ignore the great outdoors…for now. We’ve all been writing web-content in our sleep, with the result that there are many new sites live and would really [...]

Career Advice from Industry Experts

I’ve tweeted and posted this on Facebook already (as well as blogged about it before), but I think it’s worthy of a lot more than that. All Life Science jobseekers should check out this video: HERE. It’s 4 Irish industry leaders: Owen Treacy (GM, Novo Nordisk Ireland), David Lloyd (Dean of Research, TCD), Joe Keenan [...]

Naming your scientific Start-Up company (for guaranteed success)

I was once told by my chemistry lecturer that the key to naming new drugs was for it to be easy enough for the public to say and understand, yet complex enough for the doctors to not feel left out. This is of course referring to their commercial names, not scientific names. I feel the [...]

“The Future of the Life Sciences Industry” article

Below is our article as featured on pgs 46-47 of the “Life Science Industry” Reference/Yearbook 2009/2010. Brian Christensen from Life Science Recruitment examines how the recent economic difficulties have affected the Life Sciences industry in Ireland. The Life Science industry in Ireland has weathered the economic storm relatively unscathed. A sweeping statement perhaps? But one [...]

What’s Hot (November)

Continuing from our last “What’s Hot Right Now” spot, we’ll continue this and hereby promise to make this a monthly section on the blog.

Areas we’re particularly busy in currently:

Reg Affairs – we are working on some very interesting work in this area on the Medical Devices / Diagnostics side of things. Anyone with significant experience in this area – do get in touch! These skills are particularly in demand for companies launching new products or new start-up organisations developing / taking over new products. The trend towards more specific and niche products means more regulatory (and associated quality) filings, valuable skill sets to have for the future.