Pharmaceuticals

Israeli PolyPid signs $320 million deal to sell drug preventing surgical infections in US, Canada

D-PLEX100 is designed to provide local, prolonged, and controlled antibacterial activity directly at the surgical site to prevent abdominal surgical site infections.

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Europe, Israel, and the medical record of a nation - opinion

Automated pharmaceutical conveyor line, robotic arms handling medical vials

How Evogene is changing the future for the pharma and agriculture markets

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Taking too many medications may harm older adults, study warns


Hillel's Tech Corner: CytoReason: Where AI meets drug development

CytoReason’s technology uses a machine learning model to build a molecular level understanding of tissues in diseases on the cellular level.

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Moderna, Pfizer start pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trials, eye year-end launch

The study is expected to include about 120 sites globally and could include up to 30,000 participants. It will include regions heavily impacted by COVID-19.

A researcher at the University of Pittsburgh works on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a fingertip-sized patch with dissolvable microscopic needles, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Pfizer, BioNTech say vaccine expected to be ready for approval by December

If it receives marketing approval, the companies are preparing to make up to 100 million doses by the end of 2020 and another 1.2 billion doses by the end of 2021.

Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration

BioNTech and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine shows potential in human trial

"These first trial results show that the vaccine yields immune activity and causes a strong immune response," said BioNTech's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Ugur Sahin.

Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration

Canadian company Medicago develops plant-based coronavirus vaccine

The company has developed a unique method of creating a vaccine by letting plants do the work. "We're using plants as mini factories," said Natalie Charland, a senior director at Medicago.

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Bayer to test new drugs on 3D-printed heart tissue at Tel Aviv University

The new method of testing bypasses many tedious screening methods, making it faster, cheaper and more efficient.

A 3D printed, small-scaled human heart engineered from the patient’s own materials and cells.

The Lounge March 10, 2020: SuperPharm

A number of Super Pharm’s managers attended the ceremony, and Kupler and Keshet arranged to meet again in the future to discuss continued cooperation.

FROM LEFT, Raz Rahav, Chris Kannan and Shay Habib.

After turbulent years, Teva CEO Schultz forecasts stability

Teva completed its two-year major restructuring plan in 2019, reducing its cost base by over $3 billion and net debt by more than $9b.

Teva CEO Kåre Schultz at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, February 19, 2020

86-year-old Copaxone creator has no intention of slowing down

When it comes to being excited by experiments, age is simply not a factor for 86-year-old Prof. Ruth Arnon, co-creator of multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone.

Professor Ruth Arnon, who was awarded the 2020 OurCrowd Maimonides Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science, Leadership and Menschlichkeit at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit. February 13, 2020.

Teva's first ever National Forum for Bio-Innovators gathers in Tel Aviv

Researcher Hila Flayev has for years been conducting research on computational models of the coronavirus structure and interactions it can create.

Teva's first ever National Forum for Bio-Innovators gathers in Tel Aviv