Portal – More On Innovation

Bioconvergence combines biology, engineering, and computational technologies to drive innovation across healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, and climate. In a new pharmaphorum podcast, Shai Melcer of the Israel Innovation Authority explores emerging technologies, pioneering companies, and the potential of bioconvergence to transform human health.

We’re excited to be back for another episode of the by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Shai Melcer, Head of the National Program for Bioconvergence at . We kick this episode off by first learning what bioconvergence is. Then we talk about who The Israel Innovation Authority’s customers are. Next, we examine why this is such a unique opportunity for Israel. But no opportunity is without its competition, so we talk about how Melcer is competing with cyber and defense — which are huge sectors here. Melcer then also shares how he is competing against big companies like Sandbox AQ. Next, we discuss how The Israel Innovation Authority creates and captures value. Lastly, we conclude this episode with Melcer sharing three things he wants to do for his customers.

Hanan Brand the Vice President and head of the Startup Division at the Israel Innovation Authority. He is responsible for giving grants to hundreds of early-stage Israeli startups. Avraham and sat down with Hanan to discuss what the Innovation Authority does, how to be in the 25% that get a grant, lessons he’s learned over the years, why Israeli is the startup nation and much more.