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Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Sivan Faraj Approval for innovative schizophrenia treatment boosts Teva

Teva's share price reached a level last seen a decade ago after it announced FDA approval for once-monthly injection Weltruza.

Dr. Shimon Eckhouse  credit: Tomer Shalom Medical device co Filterlex files for liquidation

Dr. Shimon Eckhouse is chairperson of the company, which developed a device to protect against embolisms during heart procedures.

Medicines  credit: Shutterstock/Oleksii Fedorenko Could Palestinian pharma companies supply Israel? Time to test it

Israeli-Palestinian cooperation on pharmaceuticals is worth examining, not as a peace project, but as an economic opportunity for both sides.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Sivan Faraj After credit upgrade, Teva plans to recycle debt

The Israeli pharmaceutical company today reported its plan to issue senior notes, denominated in euros and US dollars.

Samuel Moed and Dr. Anat Cohen-Dayag  credit: PR, Yossi Zwecker New initiative seeks $500m to commercialize Israeli life science

Former Bristol Myers Squibb executive Samuel Moed and Compugen chairperson Dr. Anat Cohen-Dayag are leading the Israel National Biotech Innovation Center.

Doctors credit: Shutterstock Dramatic rise in doctors emigrating from Israel

1,300 doctors left Israel between 2023 and 2025, representing 3% of all the doctors employed in Israel, a new study by Tel Aviv University researchers has found.

Clalit Health Services credit: Tamar Matsafi Clalit to buy majority stake in Herzliya hospital

The Ministry of Health preferred that Clalit own over 50% of the hospital and vetoed private deals.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Teva Spokesperson Teva drug meets endpoints in celiac disease trial

The antibody TEV ‘408 (anti-IL 15) was also tested as a treatment for the skin disease vitiligo, and there it also presented encouraging findings.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Teva Spokesperson Teva share price hits nearly 10-year high

The Israeli pharmaceutical company’s stock has risen 20% over the past month.

IntraGel CEO Peter Siman credit: IntraGel Cancer treatment co UroGen invests $7m in Israel’s IntraGel

The advantage of InraGel's gel for treating cancer is that it can be injected and is biodegradable inside the body.

QuantiHealth founders credit: QuantiHealth Israeli clinical trial simulation co QuantiHealth raises $45m

The company’s solutions allow life sciences enterprises to move away from designing clinical trials based on subjective assumptions toward launching trials that have been tested, optimized, and de-risked.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Elad Malka Branded drugs boost Teva revenue

The Israeli pharmaceutical company sees higher than expected sales of Austedo, Ajovy and Uzedy in 2026.

Entera Bio CEO Miranda Toledano credit: PR Entera Bio raises $275m for Phase III osteoporosis drug trial

The new funds from the private placement will finance the company until 2030.

NovoCure CEO Frank Leonard  credit: NovoCure website NovoCure surges on Q2 results

The company, a developer of cancer treatments using electric fields, handily beat the analysts on the top and bottom line, and reported success with new products.

Kamada credit: Kamada Kamada jumps on $50m source plasma deal

The new three-year agreement for the supply of normal source plasma from Kamada's plasma collection centers in Texas will produce about $50 million in revenue over three years.

Teva CEO Richard Francis  credit: Teva spokesperson Teva stock’s downward trend continues

Despite the recent losses, analyst Ori Hershkovitz sees a 31% upside in the Israeli pharmaceutical company’s share price.

Merck credit: Reuters Kai Pfaffenbach Merck downsizing two Israeli development centers

The German company will implement layoffs in Jerusalem and Rehovot.

Hemispheric cofunders credit: David Garb NeuroAI diagnostic co Hemispheric raises $52m

The Israeli company’s AI model can analyze brain activity measured by non-invasive means and turn it into quantitative metrics designed to help doctors and researchers make diagnoses.

FIMI CEO Ishay Davidi and Rafa chairman Ori Yehudai credit: Eyal Izhar and Cadya Levy Rafa offer for sale nets FIMI NIS 500m

Private equity firm FIMI bought control of pharmaceuticals company Rafa Laboratories from the Sackler family in 2020.

Assaf Rappaport and Yitzhak Tshuva  credit: Omer Hacohen, Jonathan Bloom Rappaport vies with Tshuva for Herzliya hospital

Assaf Rappaport and the other Wiz founders seek to buy 25% of Herzliya Medical Center at a NIS 1 billion valuation, and a similar offer from Yitzhak Tshuva is still open, but regulation may thwart both contenders.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Elad Malka Teva reports positive skin treatment drug results

The Israeli company reported in the study that patients showed improvements in skin pigmentation with vitiligo.

Healthcare credit: Shutterstock Israel missing out on global life sciences recovery

IATI's annual report for 2025 portrays general stagnation in the Israeli industry. with one or two bright spots.

Drug development credit: Gorodenkoff Shutterstock Cystic Fibrosis Foundation invests $13m in SpliSense

The investment comes following positive results in an initial efficacy trial, Phase IIa, in which an improvement in lung function was demonstrated in some 70% of patients.

Impression of Jusidman Rehabilitation Hospital campus  credit:  MYS Architects Jusidman Foundation gives NIS 200m for Tel Aviv hospital

The donation by the Jusidman family of Mexico will enable the Reuth Association to build its new rehabilitation hospital at Sde Dov.

Oddity's management opens Nasdaq trading July 19, 2023  credit: Vanja Savic/Nasdaq Wayward algorithm topples Oddity Tech

Oran Holtzman's online cosmetics company was riding very high indeed until it hit a snag with its main advertising partner.

Teva credit: Sivan Farag Teva to lay off 250 in API division in Israel

Teva had been in talks to sell its active pharmaceutical ingredients activity but a deal never materialized.

Dr. Jeremy M. Levin  credit: Victoria Forte The betrayal of biotech

Former Teva CEO Jeremy Levin has published a sobering critique of a critical industry. He talks to "Globes" about his conclusions, and how Israel should act.

Dr. Marc Abitbol credit: Visionix Revenio acquires Israeli medical device co Visionix

Dr. Marc Abitbol, who founded Jerusalem-based Visionix in 1994, tells “Globes” why he has finally decided to sell the eye care company and step down as CEO.

Alpha Tau CEO Uzi Sofer credit: Rami Zarnegar Alpha Tau teams with Tolmar on lucrative prostate cancer deal

The company’s share price opened 22% higher today on Wall Street, giving a market cap of $984.5 million.

Prof. Yosi Shacham-Diamand  credit: Alon Gilboa “Let’s get bacteria to produce oil”

Reichman University’s Prof. Yosi Shacham-Diamand is developing chips that monitor plants, detect hazards in drinking water, and help medical teams treat wounded soldiers. Now he has an ambitious new vision.

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