News Archives - IPHA
May 7, 2025

Ireland has the lowest rate of availability for new cancer medicines in Western Europe, limiting treatment options for patients.

Ireland continues to rank among the bottom of Western European countries when it comes to availability of newly licensed cancer treatments, according to a new report by data analysts IQVIA for EFPIA, the European pharmaceutical body.
April 23, 2025

Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD)

The objective of Directive 91/271/EEC is to protect the environment from being adversely affected byinsufficiently treated urban wastewater discharges.
February 26, 2025

New research finds that patients in Ireland could get access to medicines one year earlier

Today, (Wednesday 26th February) the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) publishes a position paper on the 2025 Programme for Government Commitments which makes the case for Faster and Fairer Access to Medicines.
October 21, 2024

IPHA launches its Innovate For Life campaign 2024

Let’s give every patient in Ireland the chance to create new memories.    Pfizer, Novo Nordisk, Roche and AbbVie feature in IPHA’s campaign which highlights how, […]
October 1, 2024

Budget 2025: €30m for new medicines is significant for patients as it will allow for the continuous flow of new life-enhancing treatments

36 new IPHA medicines planned for 2025 has the potential to benefit up to 3,700 patients and funding will now ensure access to these advances in medicines […]
September 11, 2024

IPHA launches it General Election Manifesto bringing forward innovative ideas on how patients in Ireland can have faster access to new medicines

Central to IPHA’s General Election manifesto is an ask for the next Government to commit to a continuous and faster flow of new life-enhancing medicines, and vaccines, for patients in Ireland. The manifesto outlines innovative proposals on how this can be achieved.
September 11, 2024

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association announces new President and launches General Election Manifesto

Shane Ryan, General Manager for Takeda Ireland, takes the mantle as President of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) Central to his presidency, Shane Ryan pledges […]
August 20, 2024

IPHA Perspective on Transfer of Value Disclosure Queries

The shared ambition of IPHA member companies is to make available life-enhancing medicines including vaccines, for patients in Ireland via those entitled to prescribe and supply. In […]
July 30, 2024

Funding for new medicines in Budget 2025 would offer hope and promise to thousands of patients in Ireland

IPHA members expect to make applications for reimbursement for 36 medicines in 2025, benefitting as many as 3,700 patients in Ireland. The funding of new medicines […]