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Peter Kash credit: personal photograph Peter Kash confident about cancer cure breakthrough

In Israel for IATI's MIXiii International Life Science and Health-Tech week, the US investor talks about his life science portfolio and the opportunities Israel must seize.

IATA CEO Karin Mayer Rubinstein credit: Michael Franco IATI optimistic life sciences recovery will continue

85% of the senior figures in venture capital funds in Israel's biomed sector see investments by companies and foreign funds increasing in 2025 compared with 2024.

Medical research  credit: Shutterstock Boston Scientific buys Israeli medical device co SoniVie

The US medical device company will pay up to $540 million for the Rehovot-based intravascular ultrasound device developer for treating high blood pressure.

Sheba, Tel Hashomer Hospital Photo: Tamar Matsafi Israel's Sheba climbs in "Newsweek" world hospital top ten

Last year "Newsweek" ranked Sheba Medical Center in ninth place and previously it was in tenth place.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Elad Malka Teva CEO responds to 25% share price fall

Richard Francis said that the question is no longer whether Teva will survive but whether it can grow more.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Sivan Faraj Teva files to raise first capital since 2016

The Israeli pharmaceutical company's debt fell to $17.8 billion at the end of 2024, down from $19.8 billion at the end of the 2023.

flo Optics team credit: PR Optical lens digital printing co flo Optics raises $35m

The Israeli company aims to disrupt the optical industry by digitalizing the lens coating process.

Richard Francis  credit: PR Analysts remain positive on Teva

The company's 2025 guidance sent its share price tumbling, but analysts stress its investment in its innovative pipeline and debt reduction.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Elad Malka Teva falls sharply on disappointing 2025 guidance

The Israeli pharmaceuticals company reported strong fourth quarter results but its 2025 outlook did not meet expectations.

Tal Zaks credit: Dani Machlis Tal Zaks's Israeli startup targets rare genetic diseases

The former Moderna CMO, who led development of the company's Covid vaccine, tells "Globes" about Averna Therapeutics, which through gene editing is developing groundbreaking drugs.

Eleos founders credit: Omri Miron Israeli AI mental healthcare co Eleos raises $60m

The company is also announcing the launch of a powerful new clinical documentation improvement (CDI) product, Eleos Compliance.

Amir Gal-Or credit: Koby Kantor OMGene.AI: Using DNA and AI to identify our strengths

Veteran Israeli venture capitalist Amir Gal-Or is launching an ambitious AI-enabled system that will produce personalized DNA-based recommendations.

Medical cannabis credit: Shutterstock Is medical cannabis effective in treating PTSD?

The medical controversy on the matter in Israel exposes the problem of obtaining accurate clinical data on the effectiveness of medical cannabis for treating all conditions.

EndoStream founders Alon May and Danel Mayer credit: Elad Naftali Japan's Kaneka buys Israeli co EndoStream Medical

The Or Akiva-based medical device company is developing the Nautilus device for aneurysm treatment.

Richard Francis and Avishai Abrahami credit: Elad Malkah and Alan Tzatzkin US analysts list Teva, Wix in 2025 top picks

Bank of America has raised Teva's price target to $26 per share and Cantor Fitzgerald has raised Wix's price target to $260 per share.

Tzahi Hagag  credit: Tamar Matsafi Cannabis co InterCure raising NIS 66m for Nir Oz facility

Yaron Yakobi and Tzahi Hagag will become parties at interest in the company led by Ehud Barak and Alexander Rabinovich. ,

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Teva Spokesperson Teva share price at 6-year high after trial results

The Israeli pharmaceutical company's market cap gained $5 billion in one Wall Street session boosting Israeli pension funds by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Teva  credit: Cineberg/Shutterstock Teva jumps sharply on bowel disease drug results

Teva reported that the trial for Dukaviyug, which it is developing with Sanofi, met its endpoints in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

Architects chosen for new Negev hospital

The winning firm is Rubinstein Ofer with Canadian architects Tye Farrow.

Michal Tsur at the Isreal Business Conference  credit: Cadya Levy "The best Parkinson's medication will be Israeli, and hybrid"

Remepy co-founder Michal Tsur told the Israel Business Conference about the therapy revolution whose time has come.

Teva CEO Richard Francis  credit: Teva spokesperson Teva divests from Japanese JV with Takeda

The Israeli pharmaceutical firm is selling its 51% stake in the joint venture to private equity firm J-Will Partners.

Asaf Danziger credit: PR Trial success boosts NovoCure

The company's share price is up over 30% after it announced the results of the trial of its product in treating pancreatic cancer.

Nvidia offices in Yokneam credit: Nvidia Nvidia, Weizmann Inst., Pheno.ai develop glucose monitoring model

They have developed GluFormer, an AI model that can predict an individual’s future glucose levels and other health metrics based on past glucose monitoring data.

Elevance Health Israeli development center head Udi Goori  credit: PR US health insurance co Elevance closing Israeli center

The reason for the closure is probably to do with problems at the US health insurance giant itself, which has seen its share price fall 15% in the past month.

Reichman Medical School teaching laboratory credit: Rami Sinai Medical School approved for Reichman University

80 medical students will be enrolled in the first four-year program, which will begin in February 2025. Annual fees are NIS 90,000.

Teva's R&D labs in Netanya  credit: Teva PR Can Teva sustain its comeback?

Analysts are bullish on Teva, which is once again Israel's most valuable company, due to an improved US generics price environment and promising branded drug pipeline.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Sivan Faraj Teva reports seventh straight quarter of growth

The Israeli pharmaceutical company beat the analysts and has again raised 2024 revenue guidance, this time to $16.1-16.5 billion.

British ambassador to Israel Simon Walters  credit: FCDO/British Embassy Israel New initiative connects Israeli tech to UK healthcare

The Dangoor Health-Tech Academy will foster collaboration between Israeli startups and Britain's National Health System, initially focusing on AI or automation-driven healthcare solutions.

Innoventric lead team credit: Eyal Toueg Israeli heart medical device co Innoventric raises $28.5m

The company has developed a device for the treatment of transcatheter tricuspid regurgitation (TR) using a revolutionary cross-caval technology.

Teva drug Copaxone  credit: Tamar Matsafi Teva shareholder sues after $450m US settlement

Avraham Barak alleges that Teva's board and officers must have approved the criminal activity that led to the penalty.

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