Pharmaceuticals
A Passover tribute: Kindness from a Jerusalem neighborhood pharmacy
Every year as Seder approaches, we all look for inspiration in how to make our Seder even richer than the year before.
New immigrant pharmacists face discrimination, lack of gov't support despite professional shortage
EcoSupp listens, learns, and delivers
Israeli health officials call for sanctions on anti-vaxxers as flu morbidity rate rises
'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli ordered to pay $64m. to price gouging victims
The FTC and seven states, including New York, sued in January 2020 accusing Vyera Pharmaceuticals — formerly Shkreli’s company Turing — of increasing the price of Daraprim by more than 4,000%.
Pfizer to buy Arena Pharmaceuticals in $6.7 billion deal
Arena's shares soared on the news. They ended trading Friday $49.94 but closed on Monday at $90.08 — an 80 percent gain. Pfizer's shares also were up nearly 5 percent.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.