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


Israeli medical cannabis firm Univo acquires pharmacy Medipharm

The acquisition of Medipharm is a step in Univo's strategy of becoming an independent company with complete control over the production chain of medical cannabis.

An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel March 21, 2017

NeuroRx set for $1.5b. SPAC IPO on Nasdaq

The company will have an estimated post-transaction value of more than $1.5 billion, the Haifa-based company said.

NeuroRX CEO Prof. Jonathan Javitt

Meuhedet to offer prescription delivery

Meuhedet signed a long-term agreement to cooperate with Epharma, an online pharmacy, to enable members to order prescriptions.

Perscription drugs

Israeli researchers aim to find ‘cure for the incurable’ to prolong life

"Nothing less than a paradigm shift"

ElaPharma (illustrative)

Interest in renting offices high after COVID decline

In the new office complex O-TECH, negotiations are currently underway with a number of international and Israeli companies for renting offices in an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters.

An artistic rendering of the future O-TECH Complex.

Father of cannabis research plans a new revolution nearly 60 years later

"The more we checked, the more we saw that we have a new potential alternative to probably two of the most horrible diseases you can find today."

PROF. RAPHAEL MECHOULAM

Merck says study shows COVID-19 drug causes quick reduction in virus

The drug was first tested in Israel, after Sheba Medical Center signed a deal to become the first hospital in the world to participate in the trial.

A healthcare worker treats a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient inside a COVID-19 unit at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth

Sigal Bar-On and Dr. Nurit Harel - A family affair

Bar-On says that International Women’s Day is the ideal time to bring up important social issues that are not discussed on a daily basis.

Sigal Bar-On and sister Dr. Nurit Harel

JCT to offer new courses in nursing, pharmacy amid coronavirus

The new majors will be focused on training practitioners to assist with the influx of intensive care patients, and pharmacists to address Israel's shortage at the moment.

A NURSE WEARS a mask in the Coronavirus Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

Israeli MyBiotics to collaborate with Ferring, Rebiotix on vaginal infection

The agreement builds on the existing collaboration between MyBiotics and Ferring in developing live microbiota-based therapeutics for women’s health

A woman is seen sitting in the hallway at Ashdod's Samson Assuta Hospital.