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{{Short description|Israeli R&D company}}{{more citations needed|date=March 2014}}Yissum Research Development Company is the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Biojerusalem Database: Yissum Research Development Company Founded in 1964, it is the third tech transfer company in the world to be created, and seeks to convert research into commercial solutions.

History

Yissum was founded in 1964 to protect and market the Hebrew University's intellectual property. Since its inception, Yissum has founded more than 245 start-up companies, over 100 of which are still active in 2020, registered over 11,500 patents globally, and licensed over 1,140 technologies. Yissum’s business partners span the globe and include companies such as Boston Scientific, ICL, Merck and many more.In Israel, technology transfer entities are organized as companies, unlike the United States. In the United States technology transfer operations only began after the Bayh–Dole Act in 1982. Yissum is a for-profit company which is fully owned by the Hebrew University which is a not-for-profit entity. This makes Yissum a non-typical entity.

Start-up companies

• MobilEyeNEWS, Mobileye, a Maker of Automated Driving Systems, Raises $400 Million,weblink New York Times, July 7, 2013,
• BriefCam (Video Synopsis)Israel Hi-Tech Firm Helped Capture Boston Bombers
• Kinoko, ChickP, Better Juice, Beliver Meats
• OrCamOrCam's $2,500 augmented reality glasses speak words aloud, help the visually impaired 'see'

Active Start-Ups {| class="wikitable"|Aferrix|Airovation|Amendis|Ananda Labs|Aquinovo|BacoCure|Believer Meats|Better Juice|MobilEye VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD|BioBetter|BioPass Pharma|BriefCam|Catalife|BrainWatch|Collplant|CompiraLabs|DaikaWood|Emris Pharma|EverBlue Labs|ForSea Foods|HighRad|InnerEye|Kinoko-Tech|MaxSum|Melodea|MyOr|NeoProl|NewStem|Noxon|WonderVeggies|Point6 Bio|Pre-Cure|Qedma|Rumafeed|Salignostics|Sea 2 Cell|Smart Reslin|Solra|SolCod|Spero|Splisense|Steam Coffee Culture|Sufresca|BNS|Tissue Dynamics|TriEye|ViroBlock|Hydrox|Wilk

Products brought to market by Yissum

• Exelon - A cholinesterase inhibitor, a type of medicine prescribed for people in the early or middle stages of Alzheimer's disease. Invented by Marta Weinstock-Rosin.
• Doxil - additional information can be found also at Doxorubicin - For the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer. Invented by Yechezkal Barenholz and Alberto Gabizon.
• PerioChip - For reduction of pocket depth in patients with chronic periodontitis. Invented by Michael Friedman, Michael Sela and Doron Steinberg
• Cherry tomatoes and long shelf life tomatoes - Invented by Haim Rabinowitch and Nachum Kedar.
• Hybrid peppers - Invented by Yonatan Elkind.
• LO2 Eye Drops - Invented by Shabtay Dikstein
• Cationorm - For relief to patients suffering from dry eye symptoms. Invented by Simon Benita.
• UV-Pearl Technology - Invented by David Avnir

See also

• Start-up Nation
• Israel Technology Transfer Organization

References

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