Israel Active

Israel’s Mediwound has received FDA approval for its NexoBrid pineapple plant-based burn treatment (see 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 countries, including the EU, Japan, and India.

Thanks to the Fertility Preservation Center at Sheba Medical Center, Ayelet, 35, gave birth to her fourth child, following years of aggressive cancer treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma. She is the first woman in the world to give birth to 4 children through cryopreservation of her eggs.

Doctors at Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital removed a blood clot in an Israeli’s lung (pulmonary embolism) using, for the first time in Israel, a US-developed FlowTriever. It sucked out some of the patient’s blood, cleaned it of the clot and replaced it. No blood thinners, no invasive surgery.

Essential tremor usually affects hands and arms on both sides of the body – one side more than the other. Israel’s Insightec (see previously) has now received FDA approval to treat the second side of the brains of patients in the US a minimum of nine months after treatment of the first side.

2,500+ US physicians have prescribed the Nerivio migraine relief device from Israel’s Theranica, benefiting some 35,000 Americans with its neuromodulation technology.

Israel’s Magdent (see previously) has received CE approval for its Miniaturized Electromagnetic Device (MED) that has been clinically proven to shorten the healing process after dental implants by up to 3 times. The device is being sold in Israel and the EU. FDA approval is being sought.

Israelis have the world’s 10th highest life expectancy, according to the Worldometer’s Life Expectancy of the World Population - a project by NiceR that helps Americans access affordable prescription medications. The average Israeli life expectancy is 83.5 (82 for men and 85 for women). In 2020 it was 82.6

Allocetra from Israel’s Enlivex (see previously) saved many patients suffering from Covid-19 and sepsis. Clinical trials have now begun, using it to treat patients with advanced solid tumors. Allocetra reprograms immune system macrophages that cause cancer.

Israel’s Precise Bio is developing 3D-printed synthetic corneas and retinas to enable visually impaired people to see clearly again. Precise Bio takes donated cells, grows them in the lab, and then 3D-prints them onto a biological scaffold. Looking forward to news of future clinical trials.

The JNF-USA has established an emergency response center in Sapir in the Israel’s southern Arava / Negev region. The new state of the art command station will provide tourists and residents in this desert region with rescue, fire-fighting and other emergency services.