Yearly Archives: 2018

Multinational study expected to include clinical sites in U.S. Israel and Europe, where study has been awarded an $8.7 million grant from European Horizon 2020 Program April 25, 2018 07:00 ET | HAIFA, Israel, April 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:PSTI) (TASE:PSTI), a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapy products, announced today that the U.S. [...]

APRIL 18, 2018 | Research | NanoMagazine Medicine has been around for thousands of years, but as always, medicine is changing. Throughout the years, humans have switched from apothecary to packing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) into #ingestibleDrugs, and now, #nanomedicine is developing into the medicine of the future. Here, we look at how nanomedicine is being [...]

STEWART ROGERS | APRIL 16, 2018 8:30 AM The first question most people have when talking about #artificialIntelligence is if it will help us or harm us. But in the health industry, the answer to that question is clear. Whether it is being used to identify patients at risk or interrogate #X-rays and scans to aid in diagnosis, AI promises to [...]

The Israel-based startup partnered with the American National Kidney Foundation and Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System to offer its testing kits to U.S. patients Lilach Baumer | 19:26 15.04.18 The American National Kidney Foundation and Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System have partnered with Israel-based startup Healthy.io to enable smartphone-based urine tests at home. On Monday, the three will [...]

MS drug developed by Mapi Pharma requires a once-monthly injection instead of 3 times a week By TOI STAFF 11 April 2018, 12:19 am | Times New Israel Mylan already sells a generic version of Teva Pharmaceuticals’ widely-used MS treatment, Copaxone. But, if GA Depot successfully completes its Phase III clinical trials, it will be formidable competition [...]

The medical device developer intends to integrate Israel-based Visionsense's operations into its own activities Meir Orbach | 10:16 10.04.18 | Calcalistech Medical device maker Medtronic PLC is buying Israel-based medical visualization company Visionsense Ltd. for $65 million, two people familiar with the matter told Calcalist on condition of anonymity. Visionsense will receive an upfront payment of [...]