Leonora O'Brien explained

Leonora O'Brien is an Irish pharmacist and entrepreneur.[1] [2] Having worked in pharmacy regulation, she was the founder and chief executive officer of Pharmapod, a cloud-platform for pharmacists and physicians to monitor safety of dispensing processes and drive the safe dispensing of medicines.[3] [4] [5] [1] [2] O'Brien has won a number of awards[2] for her business endeavours and is a leading voice in the field of women in business.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Early life and career

O'Brien was born in Castlerea, County Roscommon.[5] O'Brien qualified as a pharmacist.[6] She worked in pharmacy regulation and policy development in both Ireland and the European Union.[5] She moved out of Pharmacy regulation into the private sector in 2012, having noticed a gap in the market for inter-pharmacy interaction.[2] [12] [13]

Pharmapod

O'Brien developed the business case for Pharmapod in the 12-week-long LaunchPad entrepreneur hub at the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Dublin in early 2012. O'Brien founded Pharmapod in November 2012, as an online tool which assists pharmaceutical dispensaries (including doctors)[8] to keep track of and report anomalies, which can cause fatalities.[2] [3] By 2014, Pharmapod was operating in Ireland, the UK (in a deal with the NHS)[3] and Kenya (a focus was put on the developing world, where the product was considered very useful, especially with a view to capturing trends in counterfeit medicines), with an employee base of 10 people.[5] Seeking up to €5 million in December 2014,[14] by the end of 2017, Pharmapod had raised over €1.8 million in capital, with both institutional and angel investors.[1]

Awards and prizes

Notes and References

  1. News: New Innovators: Starting up and keeping going...Irish entrepreneurial spirit alive and kicking . 25 August 2016 . Keogh . . Olive .
  2. Web site: Silicon Republic . Irish start-up Pharmapod on mission to bring pharmacies into the digital age . Carmel . Doyle . 9 July 2013 . 1 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171101154046/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/irish-start-up-pharmapod-on-mission-to-bring-pharmacies-into-the-digital-age . 2 November 2017 . live.
  3. Web site: 2 November 2017 . Irish tech girls rule, ok? . . Paul . O'Donoghue . 28 September 2014 .
  4. News: 13 May 2013 . Pharmapod has its eye on EU expansion . Trish . Dromey . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130619154826/http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/pharmapod-has-its-eye-on-eu-expansion-231053.html . 2 November 2017 . 19 June 2013 . live .
  5. Web site: . Entrepreneur pharmacist is driven by patient safety . 24 June 2014 . 2 November 2017.
  6. News: Offering support to ladies who launch . 15 January 2017 . subscription . The Times.
  7. News: Notes From The Commish: Women, tech and hell . Niamh . Bushnell . https://web.archive.org/web/20170227021214/http://www.irishcentral.com/business/technology/notes-from-the-commish-women-tech-and-hell . DublinGlobe . IrishCentral . 2 November 2017 . 27 February 2017 . live . 17 February 2017.
  8. Web site: Are women really as powerful in Irish business as we think? . . Tanya . Sweeney . 16 April 2015.
  9. Web site: Solving gender gap in tech will help fix skill shortage . . 25 September 2015 . 2 November 2017.
  10. Web site: Dublin's Startup Commish Brings Lesson in Buzz From NYC . . Gregory T. . Huang . 3 November 2014 . 2 November 2017 . 6 November 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106162719/http://www.xconomy.com/national/2014/11/03/dublins-startup-commish-brings-lesson-in-buzz-from-nyc .
  11. News: Clinicians wanted for health tech start-up programme . . 10 January 2015 . subscription . 2 November 2017.
  12. News: Women Invent: 100 top women in science, technology, engineering and maths – Part 1 . Silicon Republic . 11 March 2014 . 2 November 2017 . Ann . O'Dea . 28 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828041554/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/women-invent-100-top-women-in-science-technology-engineering-and-maths-part-1 . live.
  13. Web site: 23 November 2015 . Conference for female entrepreneurs on funding . Pamela . Newenham . . 2 November 2017.
  14. News: Pharmapod plans to raise up to €5m from new investors. Sarah . McCabe . 7 December 2014 . 2 November 2017 . .
  15. News: 9 February 2017 . Gordon . Hunt . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170209120219/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/theya-healthcare-cartier-award-novaucd . 9 February 2017 . Irish founder of Theya Healthcare makes Cartier award shortlist. Silicon Republic .
  16. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20170416145759/http://irishtechnews.ie/irish-entrepreneur-named-laureate-for-europe-at-2017-cartier-womens-initiative-awards/ . Irish Entrepreneur Named Laureate For Europe At 2017 Cartier Women's Initiative Awards . 13 April 2017 . John . Armstrong . "Irish Tech News" . 2 November 2017 . 16 April 2017 . live.
  17. News: 26 outstanding start-ups that smash the ‘boys’ club’ stereotype . Silicon Republic . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701080523/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/irish-start-ups-led-by-women . 17 February 2016 . 2 November 2017 . 1 July 2016 . live .
  18. News: VIDEO: Kilkenny Group CEO named IMAGE Businesswoman of the Year 2014 . Newstalk . 25 November 2014 . 2 November 2017.
  19. News: . CEOs, entrepreneurs, and managers short--listed for Image businesswoman of year awards . 29 October 2014 . 2 November 2017.

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