Hadassah News

July 2010

Hadassah Hospital: From Test Tube to Bedside

Article By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, Jerusalem Post

Israel's only hospital-affiliated biopark, located in Jerusalem, helps doctors conduct research and translate ideas into new drugs and medical devices. 

It's a rare physician who can check up on his hospital-ward patients and then stroll down the road to a biopark and work on a new medical product based on his own research. There are only 10 such medical bioparks on hospital campuses in the whole world, according to the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO), which boasts that the year-old facility on its Jerusalem-Ein Kerem campus is the only one in Israel. Until recently, physicians regarded getting their research published in a medical journal as one of the most prestigious accomplishments they could achieve. But today, developing an innovative medication, medical device or new use for existing drugs converted into a product to benefit patients' health far surpasses that. Click here to download the entire article.

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