Israel's BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics is seeking early approval in Canada for its adult stem cell treatment for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neuro-degenerative disease, even before it completes late-stage clinical trials. BrainStorm said on Tuesday that it had signed an agreement with CCRM, a Canadian not-for-profit organization that supports development of regenerative medicine, [...]
Mammoth American multinationals depend on ingenuity from small Israeli startups to drive their businesses forward. By Abigail Klein Leichman FEBRUARY 20, 2017, 10:20 AM To understand the strong and rising impact of Israeli startups on the US tech scene, consider this month’s Super Bowl LI. Intel and FOX Sports unveiled a 360-degree “Be the Player” [...]
by Nick Paul Taylor | Feb 21, 2017 9:45am VBL Therapeutics has presented more data from a phase 2 trial of VB-111 monotherapy in thyroid cancer patients. The release adds evidence of dose response to support the previously reported difference in progression-free survival between the low- and high-dose cohorts. Tel Aviv, Israel-based VBL presented top-line [...]
By Eliot Beer, 15-Feb-2017 Gut microbiome analysis firm DaylWo will collaborate with Johnson & Johnson on personalised clinical nutrition for diabetes, and plans to open up its nutrition recommendation platform to new partners. DayTwo, based in Israel, currently offers a personalised nutrition recommendation product, based on a user's medical history and gut microbiome analysis. Users [...]
By Jonah Comstock February 15, 2017 GluSense, an Israeli medical device company, announced an undisclosed investment from the JDRF T1D Fund, a recently launched VC philanthropy fund dedicated to funding early stage programs for Type 1 diabetes. GluSense is being incubated in the Rainbow Medical innovation house, a private investment company that seeds and grows medical [...]
Medial EarlySign’s software analyzes digital records to identify health risks and existing conditions that may not even be causing symptoms. By Abigail Klein Leichman FEBRUARY 9, 2017, 7:00 AM Your medical records contain hidden insights about your health risks, and if they can be found, the information could save your life. An Israeli big-data analytics [...]
Revolutionary Israeli device can eliminate need for follow-up breast cancer surgery MarginProbe, which checks tumor’s edges while lumpectomy patient is still on operating table, is already in use in over 100 US hospitals Israel’s Dune Medical Devices has developed an instrument to help women with breast cancer avoid undergoing dreaded follow-up surgery to remove residual [...]
From Jaffa oranges to Waze to medicinal cannabis? Will medical marijuana be the next big Israeli export? Gabriel Avner2 days ago Israel’s burgeoning medicinal cannabis scene enjoyed a small victory on Sunday when a bill that would legalize the exportation of medicinal marijuana passed its first reading in the Knesset, the country’s legislative body. First [...]
US-based CA Technologies announced yesterday that they have signed an agreement that would see them acquire #Israeli performance #testing #startup BlazeMeter. While the terms of the deal have not been released, reports have indicated that it could have gone for an impressive $100 million. Founded in 2011 by CEO Alon Girmonsky, BlazeMeter maintains offices in Tel [...]
Harnessing real-time data and machine learning, this startup wants to change how business intelligence works for you #Israeli #incident #detection and #analytics #startup #Anodot announced on Thursday the close of their Series B funding round, pulling in $8 million in new capital. Leading the charge was Aleph Venture Capital, with previous investor Disruptive Technologies [...]