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Israel Institute for Biological Research
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May 21, 2023, 3:06 pm
Police nab suspected passport appointment scalper
Suspect employed at national laboratory involved in issuing passports believed to have booked hundreds of slots, then sold them for cash
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March 15, 2023, 12:58 am
Researchers oversold Israeli COVID shot, wasted millions on flop — comptroller
State ombudsman faults Defense Ministry institute for mishandling project and misleading officials on costs, timetable and ability to produce homegrown vaccine
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March 14, 2023, 2:35 pm
Israeli scientists produce world’s first mRNA vaccine for bacteria
By focusing on key differences between viruses and bacteria, researchers elicit strong immune responses in mice against Plague pathogen that killed millions in Middle Ages
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Renee Ghert-Zand
October 2, 2021, 11:45 am
TV: Israeli-made COVID vaccine at least 80% effective, initial results show
Israel Institute for Biological Research indicates over 4 out of 5 volunteers in ongoing clinical trials developed antibodies, Channel 12 reports
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ToI Staff
September 20, 2021, 1:30 pm
Late but longer-lasting? Israel’s COVID jab aims to ‘find its place in market’
Chairman of NRx, pharmaceutical company completing trials for BriLife, suggests vaccine may even work better against variants
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Ricky Ben-David
September 1, 2021, 7:00 pm
Ex-Mossad chief joins pharma company commercializing Israeli COVID jab
Tamir Pardo signs on as board member of NRx pharmaceuticals, which is completing trials for BriLife vaccine in Georgia, Ukraine
By
Ricky Ben-David
August 21, 2021, 10:09 pm
TV: High dose of Israeli-made vaccine appears to give long-lasting protection
230 people who received such dosage of inoculation, still in trials, do not need to get a booster, but others who had lower dosage do need extra shot
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ToI Staff
July 13, 2021, 1:46 am
Israel’s own COVID-19 vaccine to be tested in Georgia, Ukraine and at home
NRx Pharmaceuticals will send inoculation, known as Brilife, to third-stage clinical trials, which will be conducted on tens of thousands of volunteers in Israel and abroad
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ToI Staff
March 23, 2021, 6:37 pm
Report: Leader of embattled homegrown Israeli vaccine effort to step down
Unclear who will replace Shmuel Shapira as head of Institute for Biological Research; rapid inoculation drive has raised doubts about need for domestic shot
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ToI Staff
February 3, 2021, 2:22 pm
First volunteer for Israeli vaccine trials, feted by Netanyahu, got the placebo
Segev Harel, who received much media attention for being 1st to take part in experiment of homegrown inoculation Brilife, says he has since learned he was in the control group
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ToI Staff
December 14, 2020, 8:07 pm
Israeli vaccine clears first stage as no major side effects reported
Defense Ministry institute to begin second phase of trials, testing coronavirus vaccine on 1,000 people; third phase expected in spring
By
Judah Ari Gross
November 30, 2020, 6:00 pm
Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine being delayed by red tape, bio institute head laments
Shmuel Shapira of Defense Ministry’s Institute for Biological Research says shot will only be publicly available in summer, admits ‘very minor’ side effects detected in 1st trials
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ToI Staff
November 21, 2020, 3:16 am
Israel’s domestic vaccine expected to be ready for public by summer, report says
Shot produced by Defense Ministry’s Institute for Biological Research is currently undergoing Phase I trials; volunteers have experienced no side effects, Channel 12 says
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ToI Staff
October 31, 2020, 11:28 pm
Volunteer to receive 1st Israeli vaccine shot hails ‘historic opportunity’
Segev Harel, 26, tapped to get COVID-19 shot at Sheba Hospital on Sunday as clinical trial gets underway
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Nathan Jeffay
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October 30, 2020, 8:45 pm
Candidate to receive 1st Israeli COVID vaccine dose forced to withdraw
Tests discover Boaz Koldoner has coronavirus antibodies, indicating he already had the virus; he encourages others to volunteer for human trials
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