Why Northern Ireland was the right place to build CV6 Therapeutics “A scientific discovery is not a medicine. It may begin with compelling biology and years of careful research, but…
HIRANI Cluster Innovation Manager, Sean O’Connor hosted a webinar recently along with the Mindset programme and Health Innovation Network South London to speak about ethics in the development of VR…
To coincide with the signing of the Causeway Coast and Glens Growth Deal, a new webpage for the Centre for Food and Drug Discovery has been launched. Go to www.ulster.ac.uk/cfdd…
This month we hear from Mark Grumbridge, Head of Clinical Investigations, MHRA. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) plays a critical role in protecting public health by ensuring…
This month we hear from Professor Ruth Hunter from Queens University Belfast about the Connswater Community Greenway and how it is a City Laboratory for Health, Climate Resilience and Equity…
Our Company of the Month for June 2026 is Roche Diagnostics UK and Ireland whom we have recently welcomed as sponsors of the HIRANI mentoring network. We speak to Healthcare…
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.
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