ILSI-Biomed Israel

Israeli biotech – Good for what ails you

Israel is the world leader in patents for medical devices, relative to population size, and second in the patenting of biopharm products, including pharmaceuticals and treatments. Israel is eighth in the number of patents granted in the life-sciences industry, which may be the most amazing statistic of all, given the amount of time and money companies must invest in getting a product or technology tested and patented. This week, the Israeli biotech industry was having its annual confer...

Israel world’s top investor in R&D

srael is the world's top investor in R&D as a proportion of GDP in 2011, according to the World Competitiveness Index of 59 countries by Switzerland's IMD Business School. Israel is ranked 17th in competitiveness overall, the same as in 2010. Israel was also ranked first by IMD in the functioning of central banks. Hong Kong and the US tied for first place in global competitiveness this year, taking over from Singapore, which fell to third place. The Federation of Israeli Chambers of C...

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, ...

A call for hot ‘Start Ups’

If you are a representative of an biomed start-up company, you have the invitation to participate in ILSI-Biomed 2011 Conference to be held May 23-25, 2010 in Tel-Aviv. The conference is a meeting place for industry and academia from Israel and abroad. Exuberance is felt everywhere: lectures and exhibition halls and partnership meetings. International visitors come to hear about and witness the various innovations, and experience first hand the entrepreneurial spirit so strongly exhibited wi...

PwC: Israel being overtaken in medical devices

Israel's start-ups are considered one of the country's competitive advantages in the global high-tech and life sciences industries. However, a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) says that emerging economies are breathing down Israel's neck and may have already passed it. PwC says in its “Race for Global Leadership: Medical Technology Innovation Scorecard” that start-up activity in Israel's medical devices sector is less than in countries such as India, China, and Brazil. PwC ...

A free webinar “Medical Technology Innovation scorecard: The race for global leadership”.

ILSI is announcing a webinar by Dr. Chris Wasden titled “Medical Technology Innovation scorecard: The race for global leadership”. It will take place on January 25th at 17:00 and is free to all. If you are interested, please register through sima@ilsi.org.il or Michal@ilsi.org.il or use ILSI telephone numbers 03-600-5008/5118. Dr. Chris Wasden Dr. Christopher Wasden is a managing director leading PwC's strategy and innovation practice focused on the healthcare industry. He is a named i...

Perspective: Integrity in Academic Career

I think everyone who was a part of academic world on some stage of his career has something to say about integrity in this area. I invite you to contemplate on this issue and here are the two points of view. This article discribes how it should be and raises some interesting questions. And here is the comics describing how it is, at least somewhere, sometimes... So what do you think? What is the meaning of academic integrity for you personally? Tweet

Long-Awaited Bilski Decision Expected Soon

by GERSON PANITCH, FINNEGAN   June 14, 2010 Patent professionals and U.S. Supreme Court watchers alike on high alert as a Bilski decision is expected before the Court’s 2009 term comes to an end this month.  Perhaps no case is more anticipated than the decision in Bilski v. Doll, especially for those in high-tech fields such as telecom, software, and professional services.  Over a year has passed since the Supreme Court agreed to hear Bilski’s appeal (June 1, 2009), and more than seven ...

ILSI-BioMed 2010 Has Begun!

This morning the ILSI-BioMed Week 2010 has finally been launched, with 7,000 anticipated participants that will take part in lectures and meetings with the experts and seniors of the bio-pharma and medical equipment industry in Israel and abroad. Following the opening words of the event's organizers, ILSI and Kenes, the president of Israel Shimon Peres came up to the stage and surveyed the future of Israel, which will be based on advanced technologies and serve as an example to the entire...

Biotech co D Medical files for Nasdaq listing

Biotech co D Medical files for Nasdaq listing: If the offering is successful, it will greatly dilute the holdings of its current shareholders.  The management of medical device holding company D Medical Industries Ltd. (TASE:DMDC) are not deterred by the falls on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and on Wall Street over the past few weeks. The company today announced that it has filed a draft prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a public offering and reques...