Pharmaceuticals
How Evogene is changing the future for the pharma and agriculture markets
AI-driven small molecule discovery, which underlies most drugs on the market, is a challenge being tackled through science and technology
Taking too many medications may harm older adults, study warns
IATI CEOs Forum meets in Kiryat Gat to discuss multinational industry resilience
A Passover tribute: Kindness from a Jerusalem neighborhood pharmacy
AION Labs: At the forefront of the pharmaceutical revolution
Four times a year, five teams of scientists are invited to Israel for a five-day intensive boot camp, during which they solve a challenge relevant to today’s pharma industry.
Israeli startup CytoReason collaborates with Pfizer on machine learning
CytoReason’s massive database and AI-led platform, biotech companies can identify new opportunities, shorten trial phases, reduce development costs and increase the likelihood of approval.
Pharmaceutical company PsyRx announces new Executive Chairman
Grotto also helped in national strategy developments during the coronavirus outbreak in Israel for the first time.
'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli ordered to pay $64m. to price gouging victims
The FTC and seven states, including New York, sued in January 2020 accusing Vyera Pharmaceuticals — formerly Shkreli’s company Turing — of increasing the price of Daraprim by more than 4,000%.
Pfizer to buy Arena Pharmaceuticals in $6.7 billion deal
Arena's shares soared on the news. They ended trading Friday $49.94 but closed on Monday at $90.08 — an 80 percent gain. Pfizer's shares also were up nearly 5 percent.
A cure for menstrual cramps? Health Ministry approves new drug
Most women suffer greatly from premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and yet, to this day, there hasn’t been a good solution to this suffering.
California judge rules for Israeli Teva in major opioid lawsuit
The lawsuit was originally filed in April, when several California counties accused drugmakers of fueling America's opioid crisis.
Israeli team says AI platform can predict which drugs are safe, effective
Quris, an artificial intelligence (AI) company operating in the pharmaceutical space, launched this week and announced a $9 million in seed funding.
Pfizer, AstraZeneca help launch 'computational science' lab in Israel
A partnership between six leading tech and pharma companies wants to create and adopt new AI technologies that could transform the process of drug discovery and development.
Breakthrough treatment for Tay-Sachs shows positive results, study finds
Tay-Sachs is an inherited disorder that is almost always fatal and disproportionately affects Ashkenazi Jews. Currently, there is no viable medical treatment available.