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Volume VIII Issue 3, Summer 
   


 
Teva`s Fast Track to New Cancer Drug
Leverages Bio-Simulation
Teva will collaborate with Optimata to rescue drug candidates shelved after Phase II or Phase III trials. Optimata’s bio-simulation technology gives new life to discontinued drug candidates by fine-tuning their therapy regimens. ”Because the drug candidates have already been tested in humans, a great deal is already known about them,“ says Pini Orbach, Optimata`s COO.
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Sensible Gets $7 M for Heart Diagnostic
GSK Buys Protea-NasVax Vaccine
Maryland Draws Israeli Companies
Aurum Funds Nanotech Pre-Clinical
Olivier Soussan Sets Up CBDMT in Netanya
Teva Invests $13.5 M in Andromeda
Software Clinical Trial Workshop July 14
Tolarex Starts Phase I/IIA GVHD
Immuron Licenses Hadasit Immune Modulator
BiolineRX Phase IIB for Schizophrenia
Biocancell Plans New Cancer Trial
Italy’s Z-Cube Licenses Yissum Pain Drug
Clinical Trial Compliance Workshop July 22
ETView Signs $15 M Deal With LSMS
EarlySenseMonitor Gets FDA Approval
Regulatory Strategies Course Starts Sept. 7
100 Bio Companies Shut Down
BiondVax Clinical Trial for Flu Vaccine
Medtronics Invests in TriVentures
Syngenta Soybean Deal With Evogene
Zetiq Cervical Cancer Clinical Trial Succeeds
 
 
   
 

 

 
   
European Bio-Clusters Target Israeli Start-Ups
Offer Infrastructure, Networking, Funding
“Many of the European bio-clusters are now seeking elsewhere for cutting-edge technologies that fit into their areas of clinical or business expertise and are therefore eager to attract Israeli start-ups with matching or complementary technologies,” says Binah Baum, an expert on technology maturation and incubation.
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The White Biotech Revolution
Could Transform Production Methods
“We are seeing a move from exhaustive synthetic steps to new amazingly efficient and cost-reducing methods in the production of complex pharmaceuticals,” says Martin Austin, Managing Director of TransformRx. Technologies in this field are fragmented but includeforms of mutagenesis, enzyme chimaeras, chemobiocatalysis and in silico enzyme design.
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Dr. Irene Fermont:
Vigilant About Risk Management
Israeli companies need to become more familiar with new European guidelines for risk management and safety if they want to get regulatory approval, says Dr. Irene Fermont, VP of Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management at ADDS (Advanced Drug Development Services).
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Hebrew University, German Scientists Achieve, For First Time, Self-Assenbly Of Genetically Engineered Spider Silk Fiber In Insect Cells
Control Of Gene Expression Demonstrated By Hebrew University – Hadassah Scientists
Weizmann Institute Scientists Reveal a New Principle that Guides Memory Dynamics
BGU researchers Observe Real-Time Bimodal Proton Transfer in Acid-Base Pairs in Water
`Reorganization` Of The Brain May Provide Blind With Superior Verbal Memory
 
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