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Medigus Announces World’s Smallest Video Camera

Medigus Ltd. has developed the world's smallest video camera - just 0.99 mm in diameter. These miniature cameras are manufactured from materials suitable for human medical procedures. They are designed specifically for small-diameter disposable endoscopic devices, used in diagnostic and surgical procedures in regions of the anatomy where larger scopes are not viable. Medigus will begin supplying camera samples in the coming weeks to US and Japanese companies which produce cardiology-r...

Job Offers: Bioinformatician and VP operations

Bioinformatician (reference JB-10) Bioinformatican in software development team. The job requires development and maintenance of bioinformatic tools, Web interfaces, database programming. BSc or MSc in bioinformatics / computer science. Requirements: Knowledge and experience in Perl and UNIX programming. Experience in developing WEB/ ORACLE /MySQL -advantage. Knowledge in bioinformatics / biology / plant science. For applications, please send your CV to jobs@evogene.com. Please state t...

Boston Scientific to Pay up to $24.3m for Israeli Start-Up

The identity of the buyer of SI Therapies has been revealed: US medical devices giant Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX), which the past has acquired Israeli companies Remon Medical and Labcoat, and has invested in many Israeli biomed companies and funds. Aran Research Development & Prototypes has published new details in its financials about the agreement it signed to sell the subsidiary (55 percent), from which it emerges that Boston Scientific paid $5.13 million in cash, and that the purcha...

BIOPHARMA 2011: “From Science to Industry”

BIOPHARMA 2011: “From Science to Industry” - the 3rd Russian & International Symposium - is held in Tel Aviv, May 16-20, 2011. Location and dates: Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Israel May 16 – 20, 2011 Venue: Renaissance Tel-Aviv 5* Structure of the Symposium: - plenary sessions - sessions focused to individual topics - round table discussions Special emphasis will also be placed on informal discussions and there will be ample opportunity to meet and exchange views outside the lecture r...

Israeli Life Sciences Boom

A recent Wall Street Journal feature story claims to see "symptoms of a bubble" in the flooding Biotech IPO scene in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Appetite for Israeli initial public offerings of life-science companies is booming, writes the WSJ, but critics say the sector is immature and lacks the transparency for investors to make informed decisions. Over the last few years the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange loosened up on its rules for tech companies looking to go public. At the same time, ...

Boston delegation will visit ILSI-BioMed week with over a billion dollars in the pocket to look for investments in Israel

Prepare to meet an official delegation from Boston, Massachusetts, which is expected to visit the up-and-coming ILSI-BioMed week to be held in Tel Aviv between 23-25 May, to hear about the hottest emerging innovations in search for potential investment. The delegation will include senior managers from Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC), MassMEDIC, a council for initiatives and interests in the field of medical devices, and MassBio, a non-profit organization that represents and provides se...

Six trends that will change the fundamentals of pharmaceutical distribution

The latest report in the Pharma 2020 series from PwC US outlines six trends that will fundamentally change the way pharmaceutical companies make and distribute products. “The current pharmaceutical supply chain worked well when the ‘blockbuster’ paradigm prevailed, but pharma’s focus in a post-health reform world is shifting from products to patients, and their supply chain processes need to adopt the speed and agility of other, more consumer-oriented industries such as consumer electroni...

BrainStorm Raises $3.6 M To Launch Phase I/II Trial for ALS.

The recent appointment of Adrian Harel as the CEO of BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTCBB: BCLI) signals the beginning of a new era both for the company and for its new top exec. BrainStorm, after several hurdle-crossing years of pre-clinical testing and validation of its autologous stem cell therapy, is about to become the first Israeli company to reach the clinical trial stage with a differentiated stem cell-based therapy. The company`s Phase I/II trial, expected to begin in the spring,...

Robots back breakthrough surgery.

SpineAssist – an Israeli invention – is revolutionizing delicate spinal surgery. Judy Siegel-Itzkovich spoke to the innovative company’s CEO. Many patients scheduled for a major spinal operation naturally worry that they might find themselves in a wheelchair due to a surgical error, or simple bad luck. While this happens only rarely, it is a possibility. The results of orthopedic surgery are as good as the specialist who performs it – but today, the risk is much reduced. Not only is there...

Job Offers in Israel

Pre Clinical Manager Niti Surgical is looking for a Pre-Clinical Manager who will be planning & conducting the company preclinical investigations during the development stages of its future products The candidate will have to evaluate the Biological activity of the company’s devices, both in terms of safety & efficacy. Responsibilities begin with establishing of the study protocol, continue with the submission of preclinical trials applications, through monitoring of the study c...