Healthcare company Neurent Medical is to create 125 new highly skilled jobs in Galway over the next three years.
The announcement comes as the company officially opened its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Westlink Commercial Park in Oranmore.
The new facility will serve as the central hub for the production of the company's Neuromark system, a treatment option designed to target the underlying drivers of chronic Rhinitis.
The new Galway jobs will range across key functions in engineering, quality control, operations, supply chain management, and sales and marketing.
Originating from the Enterprise Ireland-supported BioInnovate Ireland Programme, Neurent Medical has grown from concept to commercialisation within a decade, emerging as one of the country's MedTech success stories.
Since its inception, it said it has leveraged Galway's world-class innovation ecosystem to scale its team, secure FDA regulatory clearances and attract top international clinical collaborators.
Brian Shields, CEO of Neurent Medical, said the company was proud to scale its operations in Galway, where the MedTech ecosystem continues to thrive.
"Our new Westlink facility gives us the manufacturing capacity to meet growing demand for Neuromark, while creating high skilled employment opportunities and contributing to economic vitality in the west of Ireland," he said.
"As an Irish-founded company, we're excited to manufacture our product locally with the exceptional skills available and deliver Irish-engineered MedTech innovation to the world," he added.
Jenny Melia, Executive Director and incoming CEO at Enterprise Ireland, said today’s announcement of new jobs based here in Oranmore shows that Ireland is leading in research and development within the medical device space.
"Neurent Medical has experienced impressive growth in a short period of time beginning its journey through the BioInnovate Ireland Programme here in Galway with further support awarded through EI's Commercialisation fund programme and through the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund administered by Enterprise Ireland for the development of the Neuromark technology," she said.
"Supporting Irish companies with the ambition to scale globally is a key priority for Enterprise Ireland and we will continue to work closely with Brian and the team at Neurent Medical to optimise their full international growth potential, creating and sustaining jobs here in the Galway region," she added.
Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, noted that Galway is home to eight of the world's top 10 MedTech companies.
"It is also highly notable that this is an Irish company, supported by Enterprise Ireland, and selling into the US market. I have no doubt, given their impressive growth to date, that this will be but one of many major achievements for the company," she added.
