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A patient at a Maccabi Health Center in Jerusalem receives a vaccination against the 'H1N1' swine flu. Israeli health authorities has started vaccinating the population against swine flu. December 20, 2009.

Israeli health officials call for sanctions on anti-vaxxers as flu morbidity rate rises

Automated pharmaceutical conveyor line, robotic arms handling medical vials

Israel's biotech moment: How science, data, and geopolitics are converging - opinion

The entrance of the former German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau near Munich, Germany.

From Auschwitz to Dachau: How a pharmacist became central to Nazi camp medical crimes - study


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.

 Women experience period cramps (illustrative)

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.

An Israeli flag flutters near the logo of Teva Tech which is part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in Neot Hovav, southern Israel December 14, 2017.

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.

 Chips from Quris' AI technology.

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.

ISRAELI BIOTECH start-up Atox Bio is developing a drug that it hopes will treat those suffering from flesheating bacteria.

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.

Pills

Shufersal to pay trans woman nearly $10K after pharmacist misgendered her

The pharmacist claimed that they identified Isabel, who dressed in women's clothing and used female pronouns, as a man "by their voice."

A WOMAN pushes children in a shopping cart in front of a Shufersal ‘Sheli’ in Ma’aleh Adumim

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)