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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...

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...

Meet the speakers: STEPHEN N. OESTERLE, M.D.

STEPHEN N. OESTERLE, M.D. Senior Vice President for Medicine and Technology Stephen N. Oesterle, M.D., joined the company in 2002 as Senior Vice President for Medicine and Technology. In this role, Steve provides executive leadership for Medtronic scientific research, formation of technological strategies and continued development of strong cooperative relationships with the world's medical communities, technical universities, financial institutions and emerging medical device companies...

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. ...

Prof. Michael Karin and Prof. Alexander Polyakov – Winners of 2010 Harvey Prize

Prof. Michael Karin and Prof. Alexander Polyakov are the winners of the Technion’s 2010 Harvey Prize. Prof. Karin, from the University of California, San Diego, will receive the prize in the field of human health. He discovered the strong link between obesity, inflammation and cancer. The judges decided to award the prize to Prof. Karin for “his pioneering contribution that led to deciphering the molecular mechanism through which mammalian cells react to cytokines which cause inflammation...

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...

The enigma of inflammation in ALS: What can be learned from other neurological diseases?

An international workshop of the Israel Science Foundation, The Legacy Heritage Fund and IsrA.L.S The goal of the meeting is to bring together cutting-edge scientists from the neurodegenerative diseases, and to focus on the enigma of inflammation in ALS. Inflammation is one of the hallmarks characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases, yet targeting it has yielded inconsistent, conflicting data and even fatal clinical outcomes. This conference will focus on this emerging aspect of ...

ISRANALYTICA 2011, the 14rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society

You are invited to participate in ISRANALYTICA 2011, the 14rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society. The Conference and Exhibition will take place on February 7-8, 2011, at the David Intercontinental Hotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel. The annual meetings of the Israel Analytical Chemical Society have become one of the largest annual conferences in the world of analytical chemistry. Recent ISRANALYTICA meetings have seen about 3000 participants from the academia, industry, govern...

FDAnews Virtual Conference: Complying with FDA’s Unique Device Identification Rule; Feb 24 2011

The soon-to-be-issued FDA proposed rule requiring adoption of Unique Device Identification (UDI) has device manufacturers in a sweat. But an upcoming virtual conference for medical device companies promises to shed light. The FDA is about to unveil a proposed rule that could dramatically increase the volume and type of information you supply to the FDA. The new rule will require you to create a unique ID and label for every product that carries risk. The label will include name of manu...

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...