Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has extended its international reach again with two new partnerships in Israel.
The hospital has signed agreements with Maccabi Healthcare Services in Tel Aviv and the Tauber Bioinformatic Center at the University of Haifa, both designed to advance discovery, development and clinical implementation of anti-cancer drugs and cancer diagnostic methods.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the agreements on Monday during a solidarity trip to Israel, a week after Roswell Park CEO Candace Johnson visited the country.
Johnson thanked Cuomo for inviting Roswell Park on the trip, which mirrored a joint trip to Cuba in 2015 that led to a research joint venture and development of Innovative Immunotherapy Alliance S.A., the first-ever biotech joint venture between an American hospital and Cuba.
“Each time we’ve walked away with relationships and partnerships that patients across the world benefit from,” she said. “In Maccabi Healthcare and Haifa University’s Tauber Center, we found teams that are just as passionate as we are about strategically applying our expertise and resources to make a difference for cancer patients and drive the science that will help us to not only control but prevent cancer.”
Under the Roswell Park Care Network moniker, the Buffalo cancer hospital has been expanding its partnerships with other health care providers both in and outside the country. In addition to Cuba and Israel, the hospital has had relationships with organizations in Poland, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia.
Maccabi Healthcare is one of the world’s largest health maintenance organizations, serving more than two million patients. The collaboration with Roswell will bring emerging therapies in development at Roswell Park to patients at Maccabi through clinical research studies. Initial studies are expected to incorporate immunotherapies, targeted therapies and treatment vaccines as well as strategies for improving radiation therapy and addressing age-associated immunological disorders.
The work with Tauber Center at Haifa University will expand an existing research relationship that focused on intrinsic viruses within human DNA. Another partner in that effort is the University of Rochester, which has been a partner with Roswell Park for several years. The focus there will be on developing next-generation diagnostic, prognostic and prevention tools through advanced bioinformatics.
The two groups are among 17 Israeli entities that will work with six state agencies and other partners to bolster innovation and economic ties between Israel and the U.S. in such areas as drones, transportation, energy, cybersecurity, financial technology and health care.
“On our solidarity trip, we focused on key areas that present real opportunities for collaboration with Israeli companies because when Israeli startups choose New York, there is tremendous potential for growth for both economies,” Cuomo said.
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