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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

drug discovery

Itay & Beyond scientists and researchers at a lab at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
February 23, 2025, 8:18 am
Israeli scientists fuse ‘brain tissue’ and electronic chips to test autism treatment
Biotech startup Itay & Beyond uses AI analysis of a ‘brain-on-a-chip’ made from stem cells to predict drug efficacy for neuropsychiatric disorders, expedite testing and development
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli-American startup Immunai leverages machine learning and biology to develop a platform mapping the immune system to make drug discovery and development more efficient. (Courtesy)
September 26, 2024, 7:44 pm
Israeli AI startup forges $18m partnership with AstraZeneca for cancer drug trials
As part of the collaboration, drugmaker will use Immunai’s AI model of the immune system and machine learning for clinical decision-making in drug discovery and development
By Sharon Wrobel
CytoReason co-founders from right to left: David Harel, CEO, Professor Shai Shen-Orr, chief scientist, Elina Starosvetsky, VP biology, and Renaud Gaujoux, principal scientist and data science architect. (Fabian Koldorff)
July 17, 2024, 9:50 pm
Backed by Nvidia and Pfizer, Israeli AI medical startup raises $80m in fresh capital
Tel Aviv-based CytoReason, which uses machine learning to build computational models of human diseases to speed up treatment discoveries, plans to open a US office later this year
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A scientist sits at his desk and consults an engineer about sophisticated coding and programming at a computer science research laboratory. (iStock by Getty Images)
August 30, 2023, 8:27 pm
Israeli startup raises $15 million to drive US expansion of clinical trial simulator
QuantHealth says its AI platform can predict results with 86% accuracy and support the success of faster, cheaper drug discovery and development
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustration: Antibodies attacking contagious virus cells (wildpixel; iStock by Getty Images)
February 28, 2023, 5:21 pm
Israel lab backed by pharma giants mints startup for computer-designed antibodies
AION Labs, a consortium formed by Pfizer, Merck, AstraZeneca, Teva and others, sets up company to build a computational platform to design live-saving antibodies from scratch
By Sharon Wrobel
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
The Immunai team in Israel. (Eliad Golan)
October 28, 2021, 1:02 pm
Israeli biotech startup Immunai raises $215m for drug discovery platform
Koch Disruptive Technologies, venture capital firm of Koch Industries, leads investment round
By Ricky Ben-David
An illustrative photo of a scientist in protective gear working in a lab. (gorodenkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
September 30, 2021, 1:45 pm
Japanese pharmaceutical firm taps Israel’s CytoReason for AI drug development
Tel Aviv-based startup uses machine learning to build computational models of human immune system and diseases to speed up treatments
By Ricky Ben-David
A bud tender at Private Organic Therapy, or POT, a nonprofit cooperative medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, displays various types of marijuana available to patients, Oct. 19, 2009. (David McNew/Getty Images/JTA)
February 15, 2017, 4:17 pm
Police smoke out weed growers in Tel Aviv apartment
Young couple detained after being found with some 20 pounds of marijuana
By ToI Staff
The Jerusalem office of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceuticals (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 26, 2016, 5:39 pm
Teva, IBM to tackle new drugs, chronic diseases with AI
Companies say they will expand their existing global e-Health alliance using the IBM Watson Health Cloud
By Shoshanna Solomon
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