The Ramat Gan-based medical center will join the US public health research agency to conduct research for treatments to combat the coronavirus crisis.

The US company that develops, manufactures, and distributes orthopedic implants and instruments for pediatric orthopedic surgeons will acquire the US-Israeli medical device firm for shares and $2 million in cash.

COVID-19 Innovation Conference, a new online business conference set for early April, will match investors with firms fighting the novel coronavirus.

Israeli women make up 60 to 70 percent of the biotechnology workforce, but they're still the minority when it comes to upper management roles.

Researchers at the Migal Institute in northern Israel say they developed an effective vaccine against IBV, a fowl virus, and are now working to adapt it to COVID-19.