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$142 million of EU funding

Posted on July 21, 2024

Nine Israeli startups have secured a total of $142 million in funding from the EU Horizon (EIC Accelerator) program. They include MediWound (EscharEx), JaxBio, Nurami, LightSolver, Quantum Transistors, RAAAM Memory, Reophotonics (ioTech), SpacePharma, and Impact Biotech. https://www.timesofisrael.com/nine-israeli-startups-secure-142-million-in-funding-from-eu-horizon-program/ https://www.mediwound.com/products/escharex/ https://jaxbio.com/ https://quantumtransistors.com/ … Continue reading →

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Oct 7 victims given Israeli burns treatment

Posted on December 10, 2023

Hundreds of Israelis who suffered burn wounds on Oct 7 have been treated with pineapple stem based NexoBrid gel from Israel’s MediWound (see here previously). It contains the enzyme bromelain which breaks down dead tissue in 4 hours, while preserving … Continue reading →

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Treating Basal Cell Carcinoma

Posted on September 10, 2023

Israel’s MediWound (see here previously) announced positive data from its Phase I/II study of MW005 for non-surgical treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) – a form of slow-growing skin cancer.  MW005 is safe, well-tolerated and completely cleared the BCC lesions. … Continue reading →

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Extending burns wound treatment to children

Posted on June 4, 2023

The US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded $10 million to Israel’s MediWound (see here previously). Part of the funding will be used to extend its NexoBrid license to pediatric burns – 30% of the total burn … Continue reading →

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Investment in Israeli startups to 12/2/23

Posted on February 12, 2023

Mediwound raised $27.5 million; One Zero Bank (previously First Digital Bank) raised $62 million; Wisor AI raised $8 million; Meala FoodTech raised $1.9 million;

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US approval for burns treatment

Posted on January 8, 2023

Israel’s Mediwound has received FDA approval for its NexoBrid pineapple plant-based burn treatment (see here previously) to be sold in the US to treat thermal burns. The US already has emergency stockpiles. NexoBrid is now approved for use in 44 … Continue reading →

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Where are they now?

Posted on January 9, 2022

This article explains what happened to Israeli startups Argo (Rewalk), Better Place, Brainsway, CartiHeal, Cupron, IceCure, Insightec, Kamada, MediWound, Moovit, Paulee, Powermat, Pythagoras Solar, Seambiotic, Urban Aeronautics and more. Even some of the failures have happy endings. https://www.israel21c.org/where-are-they-now-the-startups-that-succeeded-or-failed-over-the-last-20-years/

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Effective burns treatment for children

Posted on July 25, 2021

Israel’s MediWound (see here previously) successfully completed Phase 3 clinical trials of its NexoBrid treatment on children with severe thermal burns. The study evaluated 145 pediatric patients, from newborn to eighteen years of age, across 36 burn centers worldwide. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-mediwound-says-key-trial-shows-pineapple-gel-effective-for-kids-burns/

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First delivery of burns treatment

Posted on September 6, 2020

Israel’s Mediwound (reported here previously) has delivered its first batch of its Nexobrid treatment for burns to BARDA (the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority) for the US Department of Health’s emergency response preparedness. http://ir.mediwound.com/news-releases/news-release-details/mediwound-and-vericel-announce-acceptance-first-delivery

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US Government buys Israeli wound treatment

Posted on January 12, 2020

As per its 2015 contract with Israel’s MediWound (see here), the U.S. Department of Health (HSS), is stockpiling $16.5 million worth of MediWound’s NexoBrid burns treatment. HSS has options on another $50 million of NexoBrid. http://www.globenewswire.com/fr/news-release/2020/01/06/1966319/0/en/BARDA-Initiates-the-Procurement-of-NexoBrid-for-Emergency-Response.html

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