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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

biopharmaceuticals

A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland, on December 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
November 16, 2022, 8:40 am
Ambitious plan sees Israel as heart of Middle East medical supply chain for US
US faith-based group leads ‘near-shoring’ Abraham Accords push to open regional FDA office with bipartisan support in Washington, but health agencies yet to give public backing
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative image: A medical professional in protective equipment takes a short break, in the coronavirus ward of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
July 6, 2022, 10:04 am
Israeli drug candidate achieves 93% COVID count reduction in hamsters’ lungs
Human tests expected within a year; inventor says approach has potential for many viruses, including influenza, Zika, West Nile, and hepatitis B
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: an elderly woman in hospital (LightFieldStudios via iStock by Getty Images)
June 29, 2022, 6:07 pm
Israeli tech works to avert hospitalizations by flagging problems with clashing meds
Undetected problems with treatment regimens land many elderly patients in hospital; artificial intelligence system that sounds an alarm is built in Tel Aviv, deployed by Leumit HMO
By Nathan Jeffay
Biomica's pills, which are starting clinical trial in Israel (courtesy of Biomica)
June 24, 2022, 7:54 pm
Israeli company to test if fecal bacteria pills boost cancer immunotherapy
Prospective medication seeks to tweak gut germs in patients who don’t respond well to treatment, utilizing research that suggests microbiome impacts effectiveness
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image of dairy cows in a meadow (Shigapov; iStock by Getty Images)
October 19, 2020, 3:05 pm
Startup that aims to boost dairy cows’ health nabs $20 million investment
Syringe with peptides and protein fragments developed by Israel’s Mileutis to stimulate immune system and reduce use of antibiotics; investor is US-based NovaQuest
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a doctor comforting a patient with Alzheimer's Disease. (Chinnapong, iStock by Getty Images)
October 12, 2020, 2:17 pm
In bid to whip Alzheimer’s, Israeli scientists use immune system to repair brain
ImmunoBrain Checkpoint’s antibody that boosts immune cells’ communication with brain seen effective in lab animals; clinical trials in humans to start next year
By Shoshanna Solomon
In a lab in the Teva Medical Factory in Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem, March 15, 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 5, 2020, 5:16 pm
Teva joins forces with Icelandic firm to gain edge on biosimilars
Biosimilars are generic versions of biopharmaceutical drugs; Iceland’s Alvotech will develop and supply the biosimilars and Teva will exclusively commercialize them in the US
By Shoshanna Solomon
In a lab in the Teva Medical Factory in Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem, March 15, 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 25, 2019, 5:10 pm
Teva kicks off early-stage research plan in quest for new drugs for its pipeline
Firm announces R&D partnerships with Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv University in brain and cancer therapies; move marks foray into ‘merging of minds between academia and pharma’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A cancer patient and a perfusion drip. (CIPhotos, iStock by Getty Images)
September 15, 2019, 2:15 pm
Startup joins Roche to hold clinical trials for double-whammy cancer drug
DSP-107, developed by KAHR Medical, hopes to have dual impact: tag cancer cells, and boost activity of the immune cells that target them
By Shoshanna Solomon
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