Merchavia signs MoU for investment in medical cannabis sector

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2018

Merchavia Holdings and Investments, an Israeli investment company specializing in early-stage life science sector companies, announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Underst...Read more

Lonza opens collaborative innovation centre in Israel

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Nov, 2018

Lonza Pharma & Biotech officially opens its Collaborative Innovation centre (CIC) in the Haifa Life Science Park, Israel. The CIC acts as a hub for partnerships to identify and accelera...Read more

Aurum Ventures, Direct Insurance jointly invest in KidneyCure

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Nov, 2018

KidneyCure Ltd, a biotech company developing a novel cell-therapy technology for treating advanced chronic kidney disease, is expanding its circle of investors. The comapny has completed a ...Read more

Tel Aviv, NU launch joint nanoscience programme

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Nov, 2018

A new collaborative venture between Northwestern University (NU), US and Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel brings together researchers and students in the field of nanotechnology through jo...Read more

Anchiano Therapeutics announces appointment of new Chairman and Director

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2018

Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with offices in Cambridge, MA, and Jerusalem, Israel focused on the discovery and development of novel therapies to tr...Read more

Qatar Foundation ushers in new era of healthcare

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2018

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF), recently officially inaugurated Sidra Medicine - a brand new, world-leading women's and children's hospital in Q...Read more

Kadimastem to receive research grant for diabetes treatment

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Nov, 2018

Israeli biotechnology company Kadimastem has announced the approval by the European Union and the Israel Innovation Authority, to receive a joint research grant under the Eurostars program,...Read more

Yissum announces novel tech for 3D printing of drug capsules

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Nov, 2018

Yissum, the Technology Transfer Company of The Hebrew University  has announced a novel technology for the 3D printing of drug capsules. The technology is based on custom-printed 3D hy...Read more

Maverick Medical AI raises $700K

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Nov, 2018

Maverick Medical AI has announced that it has raised $700,000 from The Time, the leading Israeli technology incubator in the field of Artificial Intelligence, together with the Israel Innov...Read more

Pharmatech Associates Launches International Contracting and Services Company in Qatar

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Nov, 2018

Pharmatech Associates has introduced Pharmatech Associates International Contracting and Services, LLC (PAICS), a new company with headquarters in Doha, Qatar at the ISPE annual meeting tod...Read more

Shavit Capital completes $100M funding round for its fifth fund

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Nov, 2018

Shavit Capital announces the completion of a $100 million funding round for its fifth fund. Founded and managed by Gary Leibler, Shavit Capital has over $400 million under management in fiv...Read more

Indonesia, Iran team up to enhance health, medical sector

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Oct, 2018

Iranian Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi and Health Minister of Indonesia Nila Moeloek have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sideline of the Global Confer...Read more

IATI appoints new Co-Chair and Board of Directors

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Oct, 2018

IATI, Israel's umbrella organization of high-tech and life sciences industries, which includes more than 700 organizations, including multinationals, mature Israeli companies, venture capit...Read more

Alvit signs manufacturing and licensing agreement with Bazelet

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Oct, 2018

Israel's largest Medical Cannabis Company  Bazelet signed a manufacturing and licensing agreement with Israeli medical cannabis pharmaceutical product developer Alvit LC...Read more

BRS Ventures to invest in Indian Healthcare

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Oct, 2018

The UAE-based USD 3 billion BRS Ventures plans to acquire hospitals in India, as it looks to consolidate its healthcare practice. BRS Ventures through BR Life, which is a holding company fo...Read more

CollPlant licences out 3D bioprinting technology

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Oct, 2018

Israeli regenerative medicine company CollPlant has signed a licence, development and commercialisation agreement with US-based biotechnology firm United Therapeutics regarding the 3D biopr...Read more

Researchers find out specific Blood Test to treat Lung Cancer

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Oct, 2018

Israeli researchers have discovered a method for matching precise treatment to lung cancer patients through simple blood tests. The study, conducted by the oncology department at Soroka Ho...Read more

Siemens Healthineers with healthy.IO develops app based urine test kits

Middle East countries |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Oct, 2018

Siemens Healthineers has teamed up with Israeli start-up Healthy.io to allow patients to test their urine at home by using a smartphone camera that scans a dipstick and sends the results to...Read more