Pharmaceuticals

Taking too many medications may harm older adults, study warns

Sometimes doctors aren’t aware of what others have prescribed or have not reassessed the patient’s condition to determine if he or she still needs to take them.

 Illustrative photo shows various medicine pills in their original packaging
Noam Zilbershtain, senior vice president and general manager, HP Indigo; Adi Soffer Teeni, CEO of Meta Israel, vice president and member of the EMEA leadership team; and Karin Mayer Rubinstein, CEO and president of IATI.

IATI CEOs Forum meets in Kiryat Gat to discuss multinational industry resilience

Mrs. Glassman enjoys a cup of coffee at one of the Jerusalem cafés she frequented

A Passover tribute: Kindness from a Jerusalem neighborhood pharmacy

 Illustration photo of Super Pharm drug store and pharmacy at the Hadar mall in Jerusalem, on April 30, 2018.

New immigrant pharmacists face discrimination, lack of gov't support despite professional shortage


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

Super-Pharm to independently import, sell medical cannabis in Israel

This follows several steps taken in Israel to make the use of medical cannabis more efficient for those who need it.

AN EMPLOYEE holds freshly-harvested medical cannabis flowers at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in the North.

Saffron Tech partners with Naveh Pharma to create Saffron-based cosmetics

"This partnership aligns both companies' unique strengths," says Saffron Tech CEO Tal Wilk Glazer.

 Saffron

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.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll with the participants of the AION Labs BootCamp.