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VIDEO: Israel: 65 Years of Achievement
11 April 2013
Happy birthday to the State of Israel, which was born 65 years ago! Over those six-and-a-half decades, Israel grew from a struggling young nation into a highly developed state. While Israel is now known as a world leader in high-tech, this short clip highlights a number of Israel’s many other accomplishments in nation-building, immigrant absorption, [...]
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ARGO Medical Technologies Unveils Advancement of its Exoskeleton Technology with Launch of ReWalk Rehabilitation 2.0
24 January 2013
ARGO Medical Technologies has unveiled the newest generation of its ReWalk Rehabilitation exoskeleton that enables individuals with spinal cord injuries the ability to walk again. The 2.0 system is designed to make it easier to treat multiple individuals each day, it also has new software features that support beginner users and new sizing that allows [...]
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Industry Focus: A Look into 2013
28 December 2012
Water and Clean-Tech Industries In 2013, there will be a continued focus on introducing exciting Israeli breakthrough water technologies to the UK market with continued events and delegations in the UK, as well as plans to assemble a large UK delegation to the WATEC exhibition and conference in Tel Aviv this October. As always, we [...]
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Industry Focus: A Look Back at 2012
28 December 2012
Water and Clean-Tech Industries 2012 has been an action packed year, with senior inbound and outbound delegations by major water companies from the UK and Israel. In addition, we have seen great interest in Renewable Energy alternatives coming from Israel. The year has seen a particular interest in Israeli smart-grid and smart-solutions technologies as the [...]
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Trade and Economic Office: Events in 2012
27 December 2012
2012 has been a busy year and one that has brought with it a great deal of success. The following is a list of just some of the major trade conference events that the Trade and Economic Office in London has been involved in, from around the world. MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS In February, at the [...]
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European Parliament approves deal with Israel to ease trade in medicines
23 October 2012
EU-certified pharmaceuticals will be exported to Israel and vice-versa without requiring additional certification in the importing country, under a deal endorsed by the European Parliament today. After more than two years of extensive debate, MEPs approved the mutual recognition deal with 379 votes in favour 230 against and 41 abstentions. The EU-Israel agreement on mutual [...]
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Israeli Innovation at Medica 2012
10 October 2012
Taking place in Dusseldorf, Medica is the world’s largest annual medical devices trade fair, with more than 100,000 visitors each year. Traditionally, Israel has always had a strong presence at Medica. This is no surprise given that Israel is ranked 1st in the world for medical device patents per capita and 4th for the number of [...]
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Boston Scientific to Acquire Israeli-founded Medical Device Company Rhythmia Medical
9 October 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Rhythmia Medical, Inc., a developer of next-generation mapping and navigation solutions for use in cardiac catheter ablations and other electrophysiology procedures, including atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. Rhythmia Medical was founded in 2004 by Israelis Doron Harlev and Leon Amariglio and is based in [...]
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Innovative Engineering in Disability Sports
1 September 2012
Powered Exoskeletons: Overcoming Vertical Mobility Impairments Lecture by Dr Amit Goffer 6 September 2012 6:30pm The Royal Academy of Engineering and partners are exploring engineering in disability sport with a programme of events to coincide with the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The programme, which takes place throughout September, features exciting design concepts, commercial cutting [...]
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BrainStorm Receives 1.3 Million NIS Grant from Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist
14 June 2012
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, a developer of adult stem cell therapeutics targeting Central Nervous System (CNS) neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Ltd. received the first installment of the 2012 grant from Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in the amount of approximately $350,000. The yearly grant for 2012 is $ 1,100,000 (~4.2 [...]