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CathWorks CEO Ramin Mousavi credit: LSI Lens Magazine Medtronic to buy Israeli diagnostics co CathWorks

The medical devices giant will pay $585 million immediately for the company and with milestone payments the deal could reach $1 billion.

InMode co-founder and CEO Moshe Mizrahy credit: Eyal Izhar "Keep InMode in Israel"

As the control battle for the aesthetic medicine company heats up, co-founder and CEO Moshe Mizrahy blasts activist investors and backs the employees.

Teva sees lower revenue and profit in 2026

After three consecutive years of growth, the Israeli pharmaceutical company predicts a small decline this year.

Investor signs MoU to buy BioProtect for $200m

The Israeli company has developed an implant to protect healthy tissue from radiation damage.

Amir Heshmatpour  credit: Shore & Wave The Iranian businessman testing a cancer drug in Israel

American-Iranian investor Amir Heshmatpour made his fortune in US biotech companies. He’s now in Israel with NeOnc, developer of a nasally administered brain cancer drug.

Nvidia and the Weizmann Institute credit: Shlomi Yosef and Shutterstock Weizmann Institute, Nvidia develop diabetes prediction model

An article published in “Nature” presents a new model that can predict the risk of diabetes 12 years in advance, based on data collected from continuous glucose monitoring.

Converge Bio team credit: Omer Hacohen Israeli AI drug discovery co Converge Bio raises $25m

Over a dozen pharma and biotech customers already use Converge's solutions for target discovery, antibody design, and protein manufacturing optimization.

Dr. Michael Hayden Photo: Tamar Matsafi The man behind the exit that Teva missed

Prof. Michael Hayden left Teva taking two products that it had begun developing. One became an almost $3.5 billion exit last September.

Dr. Pini Orbach credit: Shalev Ariel Arkin raises $100m for early-stage biotech fund

The main investors in Arkin Bio Ventures III together with Arkin Capital are Israeli institutional investors including Phoenix Finance, Clal Insurance, and Amitim pension fund.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Sivan Faraj Teva collaborates on skin disease treatment, releases targets

Royalty Pharma will provide up to $500 million for development of a treatment for vitiligo.

Sofwave device  cerdit: PR/Asaf Levi Shimon Eckhouse taking Sofwave to Nasdaq

Preliminary results released today show a 57% rise in fourth quarter revenue for the aesthetic medicine company.

Yitzhak Tshuva credit: Gideon Levy Tshuva to buy 27% Herzliya Medical Center stake

Yitzhak Tshuva is expected to continue investing in the hospital network and establish at least one more hospital.

Healthcare credit: Shutterstock Health survey: Israelis smoking more and not sleeping enough

The survey of a representative sample of 1,100 people aged 20-75, was conducted immediately after the Gaza ceasefire in October-November 2025.

Raphael Hospital, Tel Aviv  credit: Amit Garon New private hospital network launches in Israel

Four medical centers will officially operate in the Medica network, partly owned by the Leumit and Meuhedet health funds, from January.

Drug development credit: Gorodenkoff Shutterstock Mental health treatment co Syremis Therapeutics raises $165m

The Israeli biopharmaceutical company will focus on developing drugs to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer's psychosis.

Prof. Itzhak Fried credit: Rami Zarnegar Israeli university sets up center to research the “hybrid brain”

Prof. Itzhak Fried tells "Globes" about the new research center he heads at Reichman University to explore the interface between the human brain and AI as well as his research on sleep and memory.

Compugen lab credit: Yossi Zwecker Compugen restructures AstraZeneca deal to boost cash coffers

Under new CEO Eran Ophir, the Israeli drug discovery and development company has converted potential future royalties into immediate cash.

Alpha Tau Medical CEO Uzi Sofer  credit: Michael Tolov Alpha Tau Medical up sharply as brain cancer trial begins

The company's share price rose 21% on Nasdaq last week.

Galil Medical offices in Yokne'am  credit: Gil Arbel Boston Scientific transferring Galil Medical activity to Ireland

The transfer from Yokne'am to Galway will be completed by 2028. Galil Medical employs about 100 people.

Joe Mullings  credit: LSI "Someone has to tell you your baby's ugly"

Leading medtech talent recruiter Joe Mullings explains why he's entering the Israeli market, and what Israeli founders looking for US personnel need to know.

Salignostics Salistic pregnancy test kit at Rossmann credit: Salignostics Salignostics starts selling saliva-based pregnancy test in Germany

Jerusalem-based Salignostics is also developing its saliva tests for diagnosing a range of infections.

Dalia Korkin  credit: Noa Zeni The CEO who feared she'd be living in a tent

Dalia Korkin risked everything to invest in nursing care company Amal Group and Beyond, and led it all the way to a NIS 2.6 billion IPO.

Medical imaging  credit: Shutterstock Spinal navigation co PathKeeper completes funding round

PathKeeper Surgical's spinal surgery device is radiation free and accurate to within less than a millimeter.

Prof. Yitshak Kreiss   credit: Cadya Levy Sheba CEO: AI is greatest healthcare revolution since Hippocrates

Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, CEO of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, spoke to the Israel Conference about collaboration with Nvidia, and the remarkable survival rate in Israel hospitals.

Sheba Medical Center credit: Reuters Rami Amichay Nvidia to collaborate with Sheba on genome hidden codes

The initiative, which includes Mount Sinai Hospital in the US, will use AI to crack the majority of the human genome that remains poorly understood.

Mori Arkin  credit: Shalev Ariel Arkin group digital health arm raises $40m second fund

Arkin Digital Health is being rebranded as A-Squared Ventures, as it brings in more outside investors and operates more independently.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Elad Malka Teva beats analysts on Q3, raises guidance

Despite concerns, the forecast for sales of branded drug Austedo remain unchanged even though the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) aims to cut pharmaceutical prices.

Teva CEO Richard Francis  credit: Teva spokesperson Teva jumps ahead of Q3 results

Since the stock’s low-point in 2025 in April, the Israeli pharmaceutical company’s share price has risen over 60%.

Sylvan Adams  credit: Israel Premier Tech Sylvan Adams gives $100m for rebuilding Soroka Hospital

Hospital director Prof. Shlomi Codish now has the budget required for rehabilitating the hospital that was badly damaged by an Iranian missile.

Pulsenmore home ultrasound pregnancy device credit: Pulsenmore Pulsenmore wins FDA nod for home ultrasound pregnancy device

This is the first time such approval has been received for a home ultrasound device.

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