Monthly Archives: December 2016

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Mobile ODT’s EVA (Enhanced Visual Assessment) System for marketing and sale in the United States. The tragedy of cervical cancer – strongly addressed in major urban areas – still plagues much of America, where it is increasingly difficult for a woman to get...

Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) announced development of CGEN-15137, its cancer immunotherapy program for TIGIT. TIGIT is an immune checkpoint in the B7/CD28 family which has recently gained broad industry interest in the field of immuno-oncology. At the recent Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, the company disclosed...

Cancer treatment company BioSight, which recently received a $13 million investment from Mori Arkin and US investment fund Primera Capital, reports positive interim results of an initial efficacy trial for its Leukemia treatment product. The company’s product, Astarabine, had been tested on 15 Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Acute Lymphoblastic...

Israeli high-tech companies raised a total of $1.19 billion in the third quarter of 2016, the second highest quarterly amount in 10 years. The amount was significantly affected by the exceptional Ormat PIPE deal of $204 million, which captured 17 percent of total capital raised. Excluding the Ormat transaction, the...

On behalf of the MDDMI 2017 steering committee and the conference chairman, Prof. Rafi Beyar, Director of the Rambam Health Care Campus, we are pleased to invite you to take part at the Israel’s premier event for medical device development. The steering Committee encourages the submission of original Papers for...

VAXIL BIO LTD. (TSX VENTURE: VXL) has reported  preliminary pre-clinical results demonstrating anti-cancer activity of Immucin™ in combination with checkpoint inhibitors. Furthermore, Vaxil’s scientists have made significant progress for Orphan Designated product Immucin™ in demonstrating its ability to act as a neo-antigen, with potential to strongly stimulate the immune system. Vaxil has launched...

GOUR Medical, an animal health specialist , has listed on Marché Libre Euronext Paris (ISIN code: CH0342399851; Ticker: MLGML), the French securities market. GOUR Medical is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and marketing of veterinary drugs for mature pets. Having first identified and acquired a number of drug...