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Dr. Anat Cohen-Dayag (front fourth from the right) and Sam Moed (front fourth from the left) launch Israel National Biotech Innovation Center (INBI) with representatives of the 15 top universities, medical centers and health organizations in Israel, Sept. 6, 2026. (Courtesy of Yossi Zwecker)
September 8, 2026, 5:47 am
As investors dry up, national biotech hub aims to transfuse early-stage drug funding
Top academic and healthcare institutions partner to build $500 million non-profit venture to turn promising biotech research into startups that can bring lifesaving cures to market
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of a doctor with digital icons (chaiyapruek2520, iStock by Getty Images)
June 28, 2026, 7:13 pm
Investment in Israeli health tech startups plunged 40% in 2025 – report
While the global industry saw a resurgence in private funding, investments in Israeli startups hit a five-year low amid geopolitical uncertainty
By Sharon Wrobel
Pinchas Cohen speaks at the USC Asian Health and Longevity Symposium on February 27, 2026. (Courtesy via JTA)
April 17, 2026, 2:50 am
Many peptides are named to sound like Yiddish words. Here’s why
Pinchas Cohen is the Jewish USC researcher behind discoveries like SHLP (‘schlep’), SHMOOSE and MENTSH, biological molecules that may help cure ailments and reverse aging
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Israeli startup Endostream Medical develops a medical device for the treatment of brain aneurysms. (Courtesy)
January 9, 2025, 4:52 pm
Japan’s Kaneka buys Israeli medical device startup in $100 millon deal
Endostream Medical, the developer of an implant device for the treatment of brain aneurysms, will operate as Kaneka’s first Israeli R&D hub
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup CatAI wins health tech challenge led by Start-Up Nation Central. (Vered Farkash)
September 18, 2023, 5:44 pm
Israeli startup wins healthcare tech challenge to help US hospitals cut costs
CatAI uses smartphone cameras to track medical data of home patients; has been awarded $75,000 to run pilot with Florida’s US Baptist Health
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. Digital health technology. (chombosan; iStock by Getty Images)
September 11, 2023, 10:02 pm
Israeli life sciences firms’ capital-raising slows 40% in first half of 2023
Local life sciences companies turn to US stock markets for funding; private foreign investors’ activity more than halves, data by Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI) shows
By Sharon Wrobel
Pitango's health tech venture capital fund team (from left to right): Jonathan Glazer, Ittai Harel, Hila Karah, and Joel Schoppig. (Yoram Reshef/Courtesy)
September 6, 2023, 3:10 pm
Pitango pulls in $175 million to invest in Israeli health tech startups
Herzliya-based venture capital firm launches second fund to back locally founded startups in areas of digital health, medical devices, diagnostics, and life sciences
By Sharon Wrobel
Tech workers march in Tel Aviv to protest against the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 1, 2023, 6:37 pm
Private funding for Israeli tech startups slumps to 5-year low, data report shows
67% decline in first half of 2023 from the $11.9 billion raised during the same period last year, while in the US trends are stabilizing, according to Start-Up Nation Central
By Sharon Wrobel
Doctors demonstrate against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 26, 2023, 10:17 pm
Doctors, scientists and tech leaders take stock after passage of ‘reasonableness’ law
American physicians and German research institutes offer moral support as Israeli healthcare workers weigh whether to stay and fight for scientific freedom or relocate
By Renee Ghert-Zand
AccYouRate's washable smart T-shirt. (Courtesy)
July 16, 2023, 5:38 pm
Italian smart T-shirt developer to open data analysis center in Tel Aviv
Accyourate seeks to provide healthcare insights from wearables harnessing AI, advanced data analytics, and machine learning
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image: cancer cells against a backdrop of DNA (Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen via iStock by Getty Images)
July 12, 2023, 8:12 pm
Israel earmarks NIS 113 million to build R&D center for chip-based biodevices
Israel Innovation Authority will fund R&D infrastructure for the development of biodevices such as environmental diagnostic sensors and smart implants for medical treatment
By Sharon Wrobel
Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
June 27, 2023, 12:13 am
The coming months will be ‘critical’ for the Israeli high-tech sector, report warns
In annual study, Israel Innovation Authority raises serious concerns about underperformance of Israeli tech firms and prospects for industry recovery
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of a doctor with digital icons (chaiyapruek2520, iStock by Getty Images)
April 18, 2023, 1:56 pm
Investment in Israeli healthtech startups drops 13% in 2022 – report
But local life sciences industry proves more resilient than any other high-tech sector as firms raised $2.8 billion in 2022, IVC-aMoon report finds
By Sharon Wrobel
Endoron CEO Ronit Harpaz speaks at a demonstration in Ramat Hasharon, February 25, 2023. (Courtesy)
March 17, 2023, 6:54 am
Health tech leaders warn judicial overhaul will lead to brain drain and funding halt
CEOs and top researchers fear potential threat to democracy will jeopardize international partnerships that Israel’s innovators rely on to bring treatments to market
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, Director General of Sheba Medical Center (l) and Ashish Koshy, CEO of G42 Healthcare (r) signing an Memorandum of Understanding in Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 21, 2022. (Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
November 21, 2022, 3:20 pm
Major Israeli-Emirates agreement signed to start jointly building health tech
Collaborative projects planned in stem cell tech, cardiology and more as Sheba Medical Center starts cooperation with Abu Dhabi-based innovation giant G42 Healthcare
By Nathan Jeffay
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