Israel’s Life Science Landscape - a Powerhouse of Innovation

Cutting edge technology, world class scientists and engineers - Israel’s Life Sciences industry is world renowned for innovation, ingenuity and creativity. Home to over 1,000 Life Science companies, and with some 80 new companies formed each year, Israel’s Life Science sector has produced numerous medical devices and medications that have helped improve the quality of life for millions the world over.
  • 1st. in the World in R&D investments - 4.7% of GDP (OECD factbook 2009)
  • 3rd.in the World for both Bio-Pharma and Medical Device patents per capita (USPTO-2008).
  • 3rd in the World for quality of research institutes, creating a solid infrastructure for knowledge sharing between academy and industry (IMD - 2009)
  • Pioneering Stem Cell research & therapeutics: 1st to demonstrate in-vitro differentiation of human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESC) and generation of human embryonic bodies.
  • Extensive international R&D agreements and partnerships. The Israeli government offers attractive R&D financing programs.


Israel’s Technology Ranking – IMD World Report 2008

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Business expenditure on R&D Israel Sweden Japan Korea
Total expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP Israel Sweden Finland Japan
Availability of qualified engineers Singapore Israel Chile Taiwan
Knowledge transfer between industry & academia Singapore Israel Switzerland U.S.A
Venture capital availability U.S.A Hong Kong Israel Singapore
Information technology skills Sweden Singapore Israel U.S.A
Resilience of the economy Australia Denmark Switzerland Israel
Israel’s Technology Ranking: Top 4!
Israel’s Overall Economic Rank: 20
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