Monthly Archives: March 2020

Philanthropic Israeli companies

Posted on March 29, 2020

Big-hearted Israeli companies include Israeli-founded Mobileye, which is donating NIS 10 million to cash-strapped non-profits. Mobileye’s parent, Intel, is donating $320,000 to Haifa’s Rambam Hospital to buy a hi-tech coronavirus testing system. And MyHeritage is donating 66,000 swabs. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3803273,00.html https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3803096,00.html … Continue reading →

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Austria’s Chancellor grateful for PM’s advice

Posted on March 29, 2020

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that Israeli PM Netanyahu shook him out of his complacency, urging him to “do something” to contain the coronavirus epidemic. It prompted him to make Austria one of the first European countries to take serious … Continue reading →

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Virtual coronavirus conference for global leaders

Posted on March 29, 2020

Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) hosted “Corona Wake Up Call”- a virtual conference. Its attendees included global government, economic and tech leaders, as well as Israeli and Italian hospital heads and experts. They shared best practices on combating the COVID-19 crisis. … Continue reading →

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Praying together

Posted on March 29, 2020

The New York Times published a positive story around a photo of two Israeli Jewish and Arab paramedics praying together – one facing Jerusalem and the other facing Mecca.  It goes on to say that this is common phenomena in … Continue reading →

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How the elderly can help

Posted on March 29, 2020

Israel’s Esther Hershcovich has set up SAGE – a global English-language platform where skilled senior citizens give on-line classes in arts, business, education, health and more.to those in home-isolation. Teachers include an ex-Midwife, a psychologist, a Rabbi and a chiropractor. … Continue reading →

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Over 70 Israeli companies fight coronavirus

Posted on March 29, 2020

Israeli non-profit Startup Nation Central (SNC) has created a comprehensive directory of more than 70 relevant Israeli med-tech startups that are helping combat COVID-19. The areas are treatment, diagnostics, prevention, monitoring, and social. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3803022,00.html https://finder.startupnationcentral.org/startups/search?list_1_action=and&list_1_tag=coronavirus

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More ventilators

Posted on March 29, 2020

Israel’s Inovytec Medical Solutions (reported here previously) is mass-producing portable respiratory machines. It plans to deliver 1,000 of the machines to the Israeli Defense Ministry in May and has had additional orders from Europe. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3802855,00.html http://www.inovytec.com/ventway/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xRf8cAUkuQ

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Hebrew U and coronavirus

Posted on March 29, 2020

Anti-coronavirus research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem includes: a genetic biobank to help prevent its spread, faster diagnostic kits, boosting the immune system, developing new proteins as a basis for a vaccine and treatments to block infection and reduce … Continue reading →

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Technion and coronavirus

Posted on March 29, 2020

Israel’s Technion Institute has 20 labs working on solutions for coronavirus. It has 4 diagnostic testing projects, 2 projects developing vaccines, 4 therapeutics projects and 7 projects developing aids for medical teams. Plus, numerous emergency projects. You can even join … Continue reading →

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Israeli startups in the age of coronavirus

Posted on March 29, 2020

Great Forbes article listing many Israeli companies working on coronavirus-related products and services. Not previously reported include SaNOtize (nasal spray), Pulm-One (lung function test), MagniLearn (distance learning) and Kemtai (virtual personal trainer that can see you) https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2020/03/18/israeli-startups-join-the-fight-against-coronavirus/ https://www.sanotize.com/product-pipeline  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBUQVs7B9k https://www.pulm-one.com/ … Continue reading →

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