A delegation of 15 Israeli medical technology companies left this week for the Southeast-Israel Medical Technology Business Exchange in Atlanta, Georgia, to meet their US counterparts. Atid-EDI, which offers business consulting and trade representation services to Israeli and foreign business people and organizations, organized the meeting. Atid-EDI said that US CEOs are not visiting Israel, due to the security situation, which was why Israeli companies were brought to Atlanta.
The participating Israeli companies are Tapuz, NeuroTrax Israel, Collgard Biopharmaceuticals, BZB Oded, MMA Tech, Muscle Tech, Pharmos (Nasdaq: PARS), LifeWave, Savyon Diagnostics, TesCom, Alpha Omega Engineering, VersaMed and Wedemed. The participating US companies include Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB), IBM Sciences and McKesson (NYSE:MCK).
Atid-EDI has also organized this week’s Indiana-Israel Biotechnology Forum 2002 opening on October 16, together with the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. Six Israeli biotechnology and medical device companies will be participating: Given Imaging (Nasdaq: GIVN), BZB Oded, MMA Tech, NeuroTrax Israel, Medical Compression Systems (DBN) and Urogyn.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on October 15, 2002 Yoram Gabay: Israel will have to request US guarantees