Israel

Israeli drugmaker Obcure, which is a subsidiary of Bio Light Israeli Life Sciences Investments, has reported that it has made a new discovery concerning the treatment of obesity.... 2006-05-03

Israel's Health Basket - which offers live-saving drugs to many citizens not covered by the country's sick funds - remains controversial. The scheme's ongoing problems are attributed... 2006-04-26

Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is to receive 180-day US marketing exclusivity on its generic formulation of pravastatin sodium, better known as Bristol-Myers Squibb's blockbuster... 2006-04-21

US pharmaceutical industry association PhRMA is writing to the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) asking that Israel be kept out of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation... 2006-04-06

Generics giant Teva has reported disappointing trial results for an oral version of its blockbuster proprietary multiple schlerosis drug Copaxone. However, a further delay to the... 2006-03-28

US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has acquired Israeli healthcare firm ColdBar for US$140mn. ColdBar manufactures collagen-based implants and has developed two new products to date,... 2006-03-15

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has filed a lawsuit against Israeli generics major Teva over an alleged infringement of its blockbuster ulcer treatment Nexium. AstraZeneca claims... 2006-03-09

Israel's exports of life sciences could double within five years to reach US$6.5bn, according to Israel's Export International Co-operation Institute. Life sciences exports rose 35%... 2006-03-09

A team of officials from Brazil's health ministry have visited facilities in Israel operated by Teva. In addition to assessing facilities in Haifa and the Negev, officials led a seminar... 2006-03-02

The Society for Patient's Rights in Israel is planning to bring a lawsuit against the health ministry for failing to register 330 medicines. The society claims that the registration... 2006-02-28