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Select USA is an event organised by Cork Chamber in partnership with the US Embassy in Ireland. SelectUSA is the U.S. Government’s federal level agency that is responsible for promoting and supporting foreign direct investment into the United States. The program is part of the wider remit of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In 2017, Ireland became one of only 12 countries worldwide to have a dedicated SelectUSA office established in market which is located at the U.S. Embassy Dublin.

Ted Dinan, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and a Principal Investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork, has joined as Medical Director of Atlantia Food Clinical Trials Ltd. This decision shows the company’s appetite to engage with emergent markets segments such as live therapeutics.

The WHO, World Health Organisation, has released a new report stressing the importance of nutrition in healthcare. “Stronger focus on nutrition within health services could save 3.7 million lives by 2025”, the organisation states. This new report complies the most relevant nutrition interventions that could contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals relevant to the nutritional field, and associated targets. Those are:

A recent paper exploring the effects of Bifidobacterium breve Bif195 Protects Against Small-intestinal Damage Caused by Acetylsalicylic Acid in Healthy Volunteers will be published in Gastroenterology. This journal has been listed as one of the most informative journals in relation to Gastrointestinal disease. Gastroenterology is popular due to its up to date information in both clinical and basic gastroenterology. Original research is organized by clinical and basic-translational content, as well as alimentary tract, liver, pancreas, and biliary content.

FDA has announced recent approvals in June. We would like to highlight the approval granted to EPA and DHA Omega-3 supplements as well as to a treatment for paediatric patients.  The Victoza (liraglutide) injection is a form of treatment for paediatric patients who are 10 years and older and who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, occurring when the pancreas cannot make enough insulin to keep blood sugar at normal levels.

World Microbiome Day is an annual event that is about creating awareness around the world of microbes.  This annual event was launched last year by the APC Microbiome Ireland, a national institute with which Atlantia is delighted to be close partners with. The theme of this years World Microbiome Day is ‘Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics’.

The innovation race to release cosmetic innovations aiming the skin microbiome has sped up after recent research highlighting a possible relationship between gastrointestinal, skin, and mental and cognitive health, well known as the gut-brain-skin axis. What are the main clinical implications of the emergent trend?

Washington D.C., March 13th, 2019. At an event in Washington DC, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, today announced the opening of new offices for Cork-based Atlantia Food Clinical Trials in Chicago.  Atlantia Food Clinical Trials will create an initial six jobs on opening in Chicago, growing to 20 positions within two years.