About the Business Development unit
What we do and why
Aiming at excellence in clinical practice combined with advanced translational research within Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center results in accumulating knowledge yielding annually dozens of innovative medical inventions. To enable potential medical benefits of these concepts, they have to be developed into concrete products.
We at the business development unit are responsible for promoting the technology towards commercial investments that would enable it to reach the marketplace. At the same time we protect the Intellectual property and secure a return for both the inventors and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center to support further research and development.
The process usually begins by meeting the inventors for an invention disclosure. We learn from the inventor about the field of invention, understand the need and identify potential applications. To verify patentability, we continue by searching the field for prior publications, patents, technologies in development and existing commercial solutions. We then evaluate commercial aspects of the technology and decide whether to patent it. Once patent process has been initiated, we move forward to establish a licensing strategy, promoting the invention development within Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center while looking for companies that might be interested in the invention.
Once a suitable commercial partner has been identified, we negotiate a licensing agreement; transfer the technology to the industry and follow its advancement towards a commercial product.
Who we are
Michal Roll, PhD MBA, Director
M. Sc. Medical Sciences (Hebrew University)
Ph.D. Pharmacology (Hebrew University)
MBA Business Administration (Leicester University)
Patent studies (Bar Ilan University)
Researcher and academic lecturer at Hadassah Medical School (Hebrew University); Director of Research unit of R&D Division (Hadassah Medical Organization)
Lilach Weisz, PhD, Business Development manager
M.Sc. Biochemistry (Tel Aviv University)
Ph.D. Cancer genetics (Weizmann Institute)
Marketing director (Cell Kinetics LTD); Director (ProZinx)
Hilit Tal, IP and technology management
B.Sc. Biochemistry (The Hebrew University)
MBA Business Management (Heriot-Watt University)
Uri Hochberg, Technology scouting
B.Sc. Life Sciences (Hebrew University)
M.D. (Hebrew University)
Acting internship in internal medicine (Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center)
Research at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center