Generative AI playbooks written with Ireland’s life sciences and medtech companies.
We led the writing of both, with Ibec’s sector groups and the companies that took part, and both are free to read.
Generative AI for Medtech: The 2027 Playbook
Published by Irish Medtech Skillnet and Irish Medtech, part of Ibec, with us as lead author.
It launched in October 2026. We built it with six medtech companies operating in Ireland: 97 people, 20 hours of guided sessions, and workshops at the companies to check what we found. The participants chose the deep dives themselves.
The result is 92 AI use cases across six value streams, and 28 deep dives, from the quality system to clinical data.
The online edition is free. The opening chapters are open to anyone; the deep dives, the use-case index, the glossary and the planning tools need a one-off registration. Printed copies are posted free anywhere in the EU.
Read the Medtech playbook (opens in a new tab)Order a printed copy (opens in a new tab)
- Licence
- CC BY-NC 4.0. Companies may use it, and its adviser files, in their own AI assistants for internal purposes.
- Launched
- 7 October 2026, Dublin
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The six value streams.
Each chapter opens with a 60-second view, then an opportunity map, the deep dives and the watch-outs.
20 use cases · 5 deep dives
Quality & Compliance
Standout: deviation management.
17 use cases · 6 deep dives
Manufacturing
Standout: a performance report generator and analytics engine.
16 use cases · 4 deep dives
Regulation & Sustainability
Standout: regulatory monitoring and continuous readiness.
15 use cases · 6 deep dives
Supply Chain
Standout: what-if scenario planning.
16 use cases · 6 deep dives
Business Processes
Standout: production intelligence.
8 use cases · 1 deep dive
Clinical Data
Standout: real-world evidence intelligence.
The playbook’s own advice is the one we work by: start with a recurring operational problem, then choose the technology best suited to solving it.
Read what these companies worked out, then start on your own operation.
The first conversation with us can start with one area of your own work.
Generative AI for Life Sciences Playbook
We led the writing of this one too, in 2025, with BioPharmaChem Ireland, Connected Health Skillnet and five life sciences companies operating in Ireland.
Read the Life Sciences playbook at Ibec (opens in a new tab)
- 100+use cases across five value streams
- 28deep-dive evaluations
- 7recommendations
- 12adoption tactics
We found and evaluated the use cases through education sessions, more than 25 interviews and hands-on workshops, with more than 25 participants giving over 150 hours of their time.
The result is a 150-page national resource, free to read, with a foreword by the Director of BioPharmaChem Ireland framing it as input to the National Digital and AI Strategy.
Our work for the sector, this playbook included, won the Collaboration in BioPharmaChem Award at the BioPharmaChem Impact Awards 2026.