By Business & Finance 
Pictured (L-R): Kevin Sherry (Enterprise Ireland), An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Michael Dowling (Northwell Health)
A partnership agreement between Enterprise Ireland and Northwell Health, a leading US healthcare provider, was signed in the presence of An Taoiseach Enda Kenny in New York during his visit to the US.
The Northwell partnership is a market-led initiative steered by Enterprise Ireland to allow Irish companies immediate access at an early stage to key market leaders in the US.
As a result, companies will have access to clinicians and key decision makers in a major health network, which will provide valuable insights in the products and services that are required in the market in the future.
The partnership will give Enterprise Ireland clients the opportunity to work with Northwell Health to build capability in their business and learn how hospital procurement processes work in the US.
In turn, Northwell will work with Enterprise Ireland and their clients to develop and commercialise new medical technologies, secure joint ventures and provide platforms to integrate with US healthcare companies.
Michael Dowling, president and CEO, Northwell Health, and Kevin Sherry, executive director, Business Development, Enterprise Ireland, signed the agreement in the Irish Consulate in New York.
As part of the agreement, Northwell Health have agreed to give Enterprise Ireland and its clients’ access to key departments within the hospital system where companies will have the opportunity to learn of new developments first-hand.
Welcoming the partnership, the Taoiseach said: “The agreement between Northwell Healthcare and Enterprise Ireland is highly significant – the partnership will give Irish medical technologies and healthcare companies the opportunity to supply innovative products and services to one of the leading healthcare providers in the US. Having a world-class healthcare provider such as Northwell enter in to this partnership agreement today is a great endorsement of what Ireland has to offer in healthcare provision and medical technology.”
