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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.

Direct missile hit on Soroka Hospital  credit: screenshot, under section 27a of the Copyright Law Soroka reconstruction plan comprises five new buildings

In June 2025, an Iranian missile hit the Beersheva hospital's surgical wing, causing huge damage. The new plan includes three 30-floor towers.

BioProtect CEO Itay Barnea credit: Dezember Photography Japan’s Olympus buys Israeli co BioProtect for $270m

The medical device company has developed an implant to protect healthy tissue from radiation damage during prostate cancer treatment.

FIMI CEO Ishay Davidi and Rafa chairam Ori Yehudai credit: Eyal Izhar and Cadya Levy Rafa Laboratories plans IPO at NIS 2.2b valuation

The pharmaceutical company, controlled by FIMI, is one of the oldest in the Israeli economy.

NVision founders credit: NVision Healthcare quantum technologies co NVision raises $55m

The Israeli-German company has expanded from quantum sensing into quantum computing, advancing its efforts to build an end to end, quantum based approach to designing and validating therapies.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center credit: Yossi Zamir WhatsApp founder Jan Koum donates $200m to Shaare Zedek

The Jerusalem hospital will be renamed the Koum Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Beilinson Hospital receives record donation for cancer research

Dr. Henry and Dr. Susan Samueli have given $50 million to the Samueli Integrative Cancer Pioneering Institute at the hospital, following their initial $25 million donation to found the institute.
in the photo: Dr. Henry Samueli, Dr. Susan Samueli, Clalit Health Fund CEO Dr. Eitan Wertheim, and Prof. Gal Markel  credit: Koby Kuankas

Aidoc founders credit: Guy Schreiber Aidoc raises $150m to prevent diagnostic errors

The Israeli company analyzes more than 60 million patient cases annually in nearly 2,000 hospitals.

Teva CEO Richard Francis credit: Elad Malka Teva acquires Emalex Biosciences for up to $900m

The Israeli pharmaceutical company has also announced first quarter results, which beat the analysts’ predictions.

Ichilov Hospital credit: Studio Pez AWS extends Ichilov AI medical collaboration

The new agreement is a continuation of a collaboration between the parties, in which Ichilov transferred all of its computer systems to the cloud, becoming one of the world’s first hospitals to do so.

Bill Ackman invests in AI transitional care co Dimer Health

The company, which is building a new clinical infrastructure designed to close one of healthcare’s most costly and overlooked gaps, the 30 days following hospital discharge, has raised $20 million to date.

Eilat credit: Shutterstock Eilat medical school to open this year

“Globes” interviews Eilat medical school Dean Prof. Hana Leiba about the country’s newest medical school, which is due to launch in October.

medicine, healthcare Israel’s healthcare innovation engine Is maturing

Even in wartime Israel’s healthcare system has shown resilience, reflecting a deeper structural strength that is increasingly capturing the attention of global healthcare investors.

Epitomee Medical weight loss pill  credit: Company website Epitomee Medical's slimming pill approved in Europe

Epitomee Medical has a distribution agreement with a German company, and has already begun sales in Israel.

Talkspace credit: Nasdaq Qumra profits from $835m Talkspace sale

United Health Services will pay $5.25 per share for the online and mobile therapy company.

Sheba, Tel Hashomer Hospital Photo: Tamar Matsafi Sheba climbs again in “Newsweek” world hospital top ten

Four Israeli hospitals are ranked by “Newsweek” in the world’s top 250.

Cancer research credit: Shutterstock Israeli oncology treatment co Starget Pharma raises $18m

The company identifies, through an AI-based discovery platform, new radiotherapy drugs that could be effective.

Dr. Yaron Daniely credit: Gabriel Beharlia Guardant Health buys Israeli co MetaSight Diagnostics

The US biotech company will pay $149 million including milestone payments for the Rehovot-based cancer testing company.

Ossio founder Orahn Preiss-Bloom credit: Ossio Ossio replaces metal with bio-glass for bone implants

Acting under the radar in the US, the Israeli company is revolutionizing orthopedic medicine and bone healing by introducing innovative fiber materials.

Novocure  credit: Nasdaq OMX Approval for pancreatic cancer treatment boosts Novocure

Novocure's share price jumped after it announced FDA approval for its device for treating pancreatic cancer with electric fields.

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.

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