05/05/2017
Celebrating Israeli Independence Day, May 2, 2017, GMCE's Haifa Hub announced its entrance into the competitive Silicon Vadi Hub market at the leading edge of the Life Sciences sector. This exciting new Innovation Hub, situated in the scenic German Colony in Haifa, has superb access to Life Science, Biotech, Medical device and High-tech giants located within a 2km radius and is less than 1km from Haifa’s three leading medical centers.
Haifa Hub offers a variety of attractive Value Props to its clients and start-up companies derived from the outstanding network of healthcare relationships its parent company, Global Medical Centers of Excellence (GMCE), has developed over its 20 year history in the healthcare industry.
GMCE is developing Medical Cities in emerging nations in the Caribbean and on the African continent, each of which includes a 120 bed Medical Center of Excellence, Nursing and Medical Schools, and a Biotech Research hub. With current projects in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Ethiopia and Uganda, GMCE is receptive to engaging Hub companies in its international development programs.
As a result of its global activities, GMCE’s network of affiliated partners includes:
• An Innovation Center similar to Haifa-Hub located at each Medical City
• Relationships with local governments that can facilitate the organization of clinical research projects in emerging nations
• Partners from the venerable Israeli innovation scene, in typical areas of expertise required for start-up companies which includes: AuroraView Ltd for software development, a subsidiary of its West-Coast USA HQ, Monstry Studios for 2D & 3D graphics and animation; SHARE WOODS studio for graphic design, and others.
• Healthcare Partners for Research, Marketing and Distribution from Canada, UK, USA and developing countries
• Investment banks from North America, UK and Europe
• Special purpose partners for Marketing, Software-platform accessibility and Post cloud collaboration and sharing; Caribbean Healing Arts, Inc.; Broadhaven Associates; Add Asparna Ltd
Examples for Haifa Hub innovative affiliated companies include:
• WCare&WeDeliver Inc: a start-up healthcare company in the United States developing a system to transform the health-delivery market in USA and other continents. An affiliated company, MyDoc, LLC is working to perfect the ideal Electronic Health Record to trace an individual’s lifetime health history, including medical diagnostics that extends the scope of IBM Watson model for treatment of oncologic patients to all medical diseases. The EHR will be universally accessible through the cloud and will pre-empt the international market for the ideal Electronic Medical Record.
• Access For Life Inc (US) has engaged an Israeli team to develop a biomedical invention that will transform the field of vascular access for kidney failure patients, cancer-patients, and other patients requiring repetitive vascular access. The company is working on a solution that will make the traditional methods obsolete.
Through Haifa-Hub, GMCE is also looking for companies complementary to the different healthcare initiatives in which GMCE is engaged.
Haifa-Hub is headed by Dr. Ofer Markman, who previously founded and managed multiple start-ups in the health care sector. Dr Markman will closely follow and consult Haifa-Hub start-ups as they develop and build traction in their new home at Haifa Hub. Among leading team members are Dr. JP Devey from France (formerly Syngenta), and leading entrepreneur in several key innovative life science mega deal exits (e.g. Geosys). Dr. Rene Williamson of BroadHaven Associates and GMCE and Dr. Roger Mason, Founder of Caribbean Healing Arts, Inc and GMCE.
Please call or visit Dr. Markman to reserve your place at the table to participate in this outstanding opportunity to be at the cutting edge of Biotech development in Israel and beyond.
GMCE HAIFA HUB 21 Ben Gurion Blvd.
The German Colony, Haifa, Israel
+972-52-3275720 [email protected]