Innovation State-backed ALX Oncology raises $63.2m in public offeringThe Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) has a minority interest in the Nasdaq-listed biotech company through its partnership with Lightstone Ventures
Health Screening chief says high level of CervicalCheck litigation poses threat to serviceFiona Murphy, the head of the National Screening Service, warns legal costs and liability fears put programmes at risk
Health Public should be informed of inevitable risks of error in cancer screening programmes, WHO saysNew report makes international recommendations on how to run cervical screening programmes following trust and litigations issue arising from Ireland’s CervicalCheck controversy
Trade Irish alcohol labelling legislation sparks international industry alarmUS and Mexico have raised concerns over Stephen Donnelly’s legislation ahead of World Trade Organization committee meetings this week
Opinion Deirdre Clune: Financial discrimination of cancer survivors must end The Fine Gael MEP has been working on the ‘right to be forgotten’ for cancer survivors in Europe, and says the time has come for member states to legislate
Insurance Voluntary insurance code to begin after controversy over penalising cancer survivorsAn industry group has launched a voluntary code but calls for legislation are growing
Health Irish Cancer Society concerned detection rates affected by Covid disruptionIt comes one day after the HSE signalled that services are recovering well in the wake of the pandemic
Health Cancer patients to be tested for rare condition associated with bowel cancer under new HSE strategyLynch syndrome deactivates cancer-fighting genes, placing patients at risk of developing bowel, ovarian and uterine cancer
Health Warning that insurance bill for cancer survivors could have unintended consequencesInsurance Ireland claims proposals could lead to a rise in rates paid by all policy holders
Health Tony O’Brien: True cost of delayed cancer diagnosis during Covid only now becoming clearThe Covid pandemic may be over, but cancer patients and their families will be counting the cost of Ireland’s long lockdowns for years to come
Health Irish Cancer Society says lung screenings ‘imperative’ as pilot to be launched The Business Post revealed last week that a lung cancer screening pilot would soon get underway under the authority of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) as part of a wider European Union-funded lung screening programme
Health Irish lung cancer screening pilot to get underway The pilot will involve targeting more deprived communities where smoking and lung cancer rates tend to be higher
Health New insurance code of practice after controversy over penalising cancer survivors The move follows revelations in the Business Post around industry efforts to delay and deter planned legislation to stop companies and banks penalising survivors
Politics Ministers meet with insurance sector over ‘right to be forgotten’ lawsMinister for Finance Michael McGrath and Minister of State Jennifer Carroll MacNeill made clear the ‘importance’ of cancer survivors being given equal access to financial products in a meeting with Insurance Ireland
Health Comment: Time for finance firms to stop discrimination against cancer survivorsMark Lawler of Queens University Belfast and Averil Power of the Irish Cancer Society make the case for right to be forgotten laws
Politics McGrath will ‘continue to engage’ on ‘right to be forgotten’ lawsFianna Fáil senator Catherine Ardagh seeks meeting with the Minister for Finance with the aim of rescheduling bill
Politics How the Irish insurance industry is punishing cancer survivorsThe insurance industry is pushing back against proposed laws that would stop cancer survivors having to disclose their medical history for financial products
Politics New EU law would stop banks and insurers from penalising cancer survivors The proposed new directive would require companies to disregard the medical history of cancer survivors after a period of time when issuing insurance plans or loans
Health Patient-led screening reviews the right approach, says cancer expert The Patient Safety Bill’s approach has been approved by the oncologist chair of the expert reference group on interval cancers in CervicalCheck
Health Cervical cancer screening audits on hold pending legal clarityWorking group to choose between three ways to future proof quality assurance programme after spate of litigation