Pharmaceuticals

Israeli PolyPid signs $320 million deal to sell drug preventing surgical infections in US, Canada

D-PLEX100 is designed to provide local, prolonged, and controlled antibacterial activity directly at the surgical site to prevent abdominal surgical site infections.

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Europe, Israel, and the medical record of a nation - opinion

Automated pharmaceutical conveyor line, robotic arms handling medical vials

How Evogene is changing the future for the pharma and agriculture markets

 Illustrative photo shows various medicine pills in their original packaging

Taking too many medications may harm older adults, study warns


Israeli medical cannabis company receives European export certification

The EU-GMP certification is essential in order to create, export and market any type of medicine in Europe, including medical cannabis.

 Tikun Olam factory.

Major Australian pharma company considers entering Israeli market

Australian pharma giant Chemist Warehouse is in the advanced stages of considering expansion into the Israeli market.

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CVS, Walmart, Walgreens ordered to pay $650.6m. in Ohio in opioid case

The litigation has resulted in several nationwide settlements, including a $4.25 billion settlement with Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

The steep rise in opioid use here is a real danger to public health

Forget avocado oil, this startup uses a new avo extract to treat skin issues

Early startup AvoMed has developed a way to use the whole buffalo (or in this case, the whole avocado) to develop effective skin damage treatments.

The demand for the popular fruit is rising endlessly.

Pfizer profit beats estimates on higher demand for COVID products

Revenue from the antiviral pill, Paxlovid, exceeded market estimates by more than $1b, while vaccine sales surged 20%, helping the drugmaker reaffirm the combined 2022 revenue forecast of $54b.

 People pose with syringe with needle in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken.

Israeli Teva reaches proposed $4.35 bln settlement of US opioid lawsuits

The US opioid crisis has caused more than 500,000 overdose deaths over the past two decades, including more than 80,000 in 2021 alone.

 Teva building in Kfar Saba

For its redemption, the pharmaceutical industry must go plant-based

Should the pharmaceutical industry be lauded or lambasted for the drugs that they've developed? Or is there a middle path for the industry to take?

Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin, 40mg pills, made by Purdue Pharma L.D. sit on a shelf at a local pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S.

Science breakthroughs in space: Israel leads the way

SpacePharma founder Yossi Yamin talks science in no gravity.

 Astronaut Eytan Stibbe with the SpacePharma mini-lab.

CytoReason forms partnership with Helixrus, expanding into Asia

The partnership will see Helixrus represent CytoReason’s AI platform and professional services in the Korean market. 

OUTSIDE A Tokyo brokerage house. Alternative landing pads for start-ups in Asia range from Japan and South Korea to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Eight Israeli start-ups to form international collaborations

Following BetterPlayBio’s program, C2i Genomic, Nucle.ai, Medial Earlysign, iBex, Octopus, Imagene, Itamar Medical and iCardio are ready to hit the global market.

 From R to L: Mark Power, Deputy head of Mission, British Embassy, Ohad Goldberg, Country President, AstraZeneca Israel, Gali Halpern Wienerman, Life Sciences Ecosystem & Digital Health Partnerships Lead in Accenture Europe, Efrat Morag, Head of Margalit Startup City Haifa, Erik Ullenhag, Swedish Am