
Israel has 1,800 life-sciences companies but almost no blockbuster drugs. This ecosystem includes Teva, InMode, AI health, Weizmann IP, and aMoon capi…
Israel Real Economy · 24 stories · Updated Aug 14, 2026
Lead storyIsrael has 1,800 life-sciences companies but almost no blockbuster drugs. This ecosystem includes Teva, InMode, AI health, Weizmann IP, and aMoon capital.
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Israel has 1,800 life-sciences companies but almost no blockbuster drugs. This ecosystem includes Teva, InMode, AI health, Weizmann IP, and aMoon capi…

Israel's four health funds—Clalit, Maccabi, Meuhedet, and Leumit—are non-profits. Two of them control for-profit hospital networks worth hundreds of m…

Clalit's Petah Tikva tertiary flagship (Rabin Medical Center) and Israel's #1 transplant center. Top-tier in the hospitals Answer Index — everywhere,…

Sheba ARC — the innovation arm of Sheba Medical Center. Founded 2019 by Prof. Eyal Zimlichman. 100+ startups, 3 unicorns, $1B+ invested, 160 FTEs — th…
RedHill Biopharma (Nasdaq: RDHL). Founded 2009 by Dror Ben-Asher. Tel Aviv HQ, Raleigh operations. Talicia (H. pylori), opaganib (oncology/infectious…

Leumit Health Services is the smallest of Israel's four statutory health funds — ~730,000 members, ~300 clinics, ~100 pharmacies, ~ILS 4B annual budge…

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

InMode, founded by Moshe Mizrahy and Dr. Michael Kreindel, is an Israeli medical-aesthetic device maker. It uses proprietary radiofrequency technology…

Compugen (Nasdaq: CGEN; TASE: CGEN) — Israeli immuno-oncology and predictive drug-discovery pioneer. Founded 1993 by Eli Mintz, Simchon Faigler, Amir…