‘It’s a huge amount of money’: Modern fertility medicine is a miracle – but it’s also a booming businessThe mainly private industry caters to often-vulnerable peopleInfertility affects one in six people. Photo: GettyJulia Molony Today at 06:30Since the first IVF baby was born in 1978, technological advancement of reproductive medicine has “enabled millions to have children”, noted an editorial on the fertility industry published in leading medical journal The Lancet in 2024.

Source: Irish Independent March 29, 2026 19:34 UTC