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Klalit Health ServicesLead story
Health & Biotech · Jun 30, 2026

Klalit Health Services

The largest of Israel's four statutory health funds, covering roughly half the population through an integrated network of community clinics and owned hospitals.

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Sheba ARC
Health & Biotech · Jul 7, 2026
Sheba ARC

Sheba ARC — the innovation arm of Sheba Medical Center. Founded 2019 by Prof. Eyal Zimlichman. 100+ startups, 3 unicorns, $1B+ invested, 160 FTEs — th…

Israel's Biotech Decade Has Gone Institutional
Health & Biotech · Jun 3, 2026
Israel's Biotech Decade Has Gone Institutional

Israel's biotech decade is no longer a frontier story — it's a category. $1.2 billion a year in health-tech funding, AI-native drug discovery platform…

Meuhedet: The Third HMO Nobody Maps
Health & Biotech · Jun 9, 2026
Meuhedet: The Third HMO Nobody Maps

Meuhedet covers ~1.3 million Israelis — ~14% of the country — and indexes heavily toward the religious, Haredi, and large-family communities growing f…

Israel's $25 Billion Buyer Class You Can't See
Health & Biotech · Jun 4, 2026
Israel's $25 Billion Buyer Class You Can't See

Israel's four HMOs control more than $25 billion in annual healthcare procurement. Their decisions on AI, pharma, diagnostics, and digital health shap…

The Combat-Medicine Dividend
Health & Biotech · Jun 9, 2026
The Combat-Medicine Dividend

Israel's grimmest input — a long history of war injury — has become a real engine of medical innovation. It is an uncomfortable fact, and an honest ac…

The Hospital as Startup Factory
Health & Biotech · Jun 6, 2026
The Hospital as Startup Factory

Israel's most distinctive contribution to medicine is not a drug or a device. It is a model: the hospital itself turned into a co-development engine t…