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Ireland embraces biotechnology

With one of the fastest rates of economic growth in Europe, Ireland is establishing a solid infrastructure to foster biotechnology start-ups.

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  2. Ireland National Development Plan 2000–2006 . (Government Publications, Dublin, November 1999).

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  4. Enterprise 2000. A new strategy for the promotion of Enterprise in Ireland in the 21st century. (Forfas, Dublin, 2000).

  5. Irish Council for Science and Technology and Innovation. Report from the Health and Life Sciences Panel. (Forfas, Dublin, 1999).

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Canning, S. Ireland embraces biotechnology. Nat Biotechnol 18, 273–275 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/73703

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