ILSI-Biomed Israel

Meet the speakers: Francois Maisonrouge, Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners.

Francois Maisonrouge is a Senior Managing Director in advisory business with 25 years of relevant experience. At Evercore, Mr. Maisonrouge was involved in advising Wyeth on its sale to Pfizer, Sanofiaventis on its purchase of Merck's 50% stake in Merial including an option to potentially merge Merial with Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health in the future, TPG on its acquisition of IMS Health, De Ruiter on its sale to Monsanto, Bracco on its acquisition of E-Z-Em, and the sale of Op...

Rachel Abramovitz Joins JSBarkats PLLC As The Chair Of The Life Sciences Practice

JSBarkats PLLC ("JSBarkats") announced today that Rachel Abramovitz, an experienced corporate attorney, joined the firm as a partner. Rachel has 15 years experience practicing law, including 10 years experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In addition to supporting the corporate and Israeli practice groups, Rachel will be leading the life sciences group in the firm. " We are pleased to be able to support our life sciences clients with a full range of legal services including IP,...

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...

BioView Ltd. Ranked in Top 50 Fastest Growing Israeli Technology Companies in Deloitte Survey

BioView Ltd. (TASE:BIOV) announced that it ranked as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Israel. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50, one of the Israel's foremost technology award programs, is a ranking of the country's 50 fastest-growing technology companies based on percentage growth over five years. The Fast 50 program honors business growth, technological innovation and Israel entrepreneurial spirit. BioView’s automated scanning microscope and image analysis systems...

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...

IsraMedTech – March 1 -2 , 2011 Register today & Save by December 26th

If you are a player within the global Medtech & Medical device industry you must be there! Join today industry players from around the world at the most promising & productive B2B partnering event within the Medtech industry and prepare to meet your next partner! www.isramedtech.com We look forward partnering with you at IsraMedTech 2011 – in Israel! The Israeli medical device industry is world renowned and reputed for its innovations and technologies, and annual exports of medica...

Israel Seeks U.S. Biotech Investors as Index Plunges

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is seeking to lure investment to biomedical companies after the life sciences index fell twice as much as a measure for technology stocks. “Part of the volatility was because investors weren’t familiar with these companies,” said Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Chief Executive Officer Ester Levanon. “We’re trying to bring the biomed companies closer to investors and raise the awareness of their businesses.” The Tel Aviv Biomed Index of 27 companies dropped 21 perc...

The new BioInform Magazine – a platform to connect

Two young Israeli scientists - Tal Shprung (M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University) and  Alon Rayhman (M.Sc. from the Hebrew University, the faculty of agriculture) have come up with a unique idea for the biotech community in Israel: BioInform - a bio oriented magazine, that is aimed solely to the biotech community in Israel (pharmaceutical companies, medical device industry, biological facilities, academia institutions, ministerial offices and more). ...