Industry overviews, promising companies and entrepreneurship news
Promising companies in Israel
- Nava Zisapel discribes the long way to success for Neurim (The Marker - May 2009)
- Ben-Haim's fund MedInvest invested $100M in its companies as planned (Globes - April 2009)
- Vital View from Misgav Incubator will develop a device for improving fertility treatments (Bizportal - April 2009)
- Rosetta sold marketing rights to Prometheus (Globes - April 2009)
- Widemed and GE Healthcare will collaborate in diagnosis of sleep apnea (Bizportal - April 2009)
- Therapeutic ultrasound by Nanovibronix received approval for marketing in the US (Globes - April 2009)
- Protalix received more than $6M from the Israel Chief Scientist (The Marker - March 2009)
- Sparklix was including in the eight most promising lab automation companies (Ynet - March 2009)
- Regentis Biomaterials raised $7.5M and prepare for clinical studies (NRG March 2009)
- Medtronic to turn Ventor into major new Israeli R&D center (Israel 21C Feb 2009)
- Teva and Medica invest $10M in Dynamix (Globes, Feb 2009)
- Revival of Pharmos last products by a new company headed by Silvia Noiman and Pharmos executives (Globes, Feb 2009)
- The ministry of finance enhance its support to biotech start ups and research centers (Globes, Feb 2009) and some ideas on how this support should take shape (Globes, Feb 2009)
- About demand for employees in the nanotech industry (Globes Feb 2009)
- Enzimotech raised 11 Million $ (Globes Feb 2009)
- Canfite finished recruiting patients for "dry eye syndrome" clinical trial (Bizportal - Feb 2009)
- Who are the eight promising companies of the Israeli start-up (The Marker - Jan 2009)
- FDA approves breakthrough lung imaging system - A revolutionary new Israeli-developed non-invasive lung imaging system is to go on sale in the US after receiving FDA approval recently. Find out more in our video-only story (Israel21C - Jan 2009)
- Sitmed, a medical device company, raised $2M (Bizportal - Jan 2009)
- Misgav incubator have raised $23M for its portfolio companies in 2008 (Calcalist - Jan 2009)
- Good results for Rosetta Genomics blood diagnostics for large intestine cancer (Globes Jan 2009)
- Good news for Micromedic - first good results for its cancer diagnostics method (Bizportal Jan 2009)
- Globes' ranked the 10 promising biomed companies in Israel (Globes - Jan 2009)
- Biocontrol, Karmelsonix and Allium received CE approval for sales in Europe (Globes – Jan 2009)
- Chiasma fund raising was reduced to 11 million $ (Globes - Jan 2009)
- Four promising cleantech companies (Calcalist - Jan 2009)
Entrepreneurship news
- "A dose of optimism" - About BioLine RX (Jerusalem Post - Israel Jan 2009)
- How to raise money in the current financial crisis (The Marker - Dec 2008)
Industry Overviews
- The Israeli nanotech - (JPost - March 2009)
- Highlights of the Israeli pharmaceuticals and healthcare report 2009 Q1 (TradingMarkets - March 2009)
- An overview about the Israeli biotech industry (Genetic and Engineering & Biotechnology News - Feb 2009)
- Milken Institute calls for $2 Billion Bond to Promote Israel's life science - A Financial and Policy Medical Innovations Lab, held in Dec. 2007 in Jerusalem, attracted more than 100 top scientists, policy makers, entrepreneurs and business leaders to look at the challenges and opportunities of Israel’s bio-tech sector, building on the strengths of its high-tech human cap (Milken Institute publication - May 2008)