ILSI-Biomed Israel

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, ...

JSBarkats Sponsors 2011 US/Israel Venture Summit in New York

NEW YORK, March 22, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JSBarkats PLLC ("JSBarkats") announced today that it will be sponsoring the 2011 US/Israel Venture Summit in New York, March 29th -- 30th, 2011. The US/Israel Venture Summit, presented by youngStartup Ventures, is the premier gathering where cutting-edge Israeli startups meet top venture capitalists, angel investors, Corporate VCs and investment bankers from throughout North America. See http://www.youngstartup.com/usisrael2011/overview.php. ...

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...

Israel: America’s Technology Farm System

In the accompanying video that’s just under 30 minutes long, Steve Forbes personally interviews George Gilder for an episode of Intelligent Investing. At about the 6:30 mark, Forbes asks Gilder about the companies he feels are at the forefront of leading edge technologies today and Gilder begins talking about Israel, whose companies are “…genius under the gun…a very productive environment.” In the ensuing exchange, Forbes probes Gilder on his claim that Israel is “a functional part of th...

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 ...

The 2011 US-Israel Venture Summit

The US/Israel Venture Summit, presented by youngStartup Ventures, is the premier gathering where cutting-edge Israeli startups meet top venture capitalists, angel investors, Corporate VCs and investment bankers from throughout North America. It will be held at March 29-30, 2011. Whether you are an investor seeking new deals, or an emerging company seeking capital and exposure, the The US/Israel Venture Summit, is one event you won’t want to miss. Now in its 5th year, this productive fu...

From Haifa to Herzliya, the Fertile Ground of Israeli Innovation

What do website gadget developer LabPixies and insulin pump maker Medingo have in common? It's not only that both companies are based in Israel. They also are among the country's start-ups that have attracted the attention of international investors, with U.S. Internet giant Google recently snapping up LabPixies and Swiss pharmaceutical multinational Roche buying Medingo, a subsidiary of local medical device conglomerate Elron Electronic Industries. Israel is indeed becoming fertile ground for t...

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...

A French Delegation in the Negev

A French delegation has visited today (Sunday, 13.6.2010) at Ben-Gurion University, as the guest of Bio-Negev, the international center for innovation in the biotechnology industry and life sciences in the Negev. The purpose of the visit is to examine potential collaboration between the visitors and the new initiative in the Negev, BGU being one of the partners in the project. Prof. Rivka Carmi, president of the university, places a great amount of value in the initiative, which can be direct...