EarlySense Ltd. announced its intentions to open its U.S. headquarters in Massachusetts.The move is a “direct result” of Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick’s March trip to Israel, where he met with EarlySense officials, according to a Mass. Life Sciences Center official.“He convinced us that Massachusetts would be the best location to run our [...]

Israeli company Navotek, which is backed by Cleveland venture firm Bridge Investment Fund, has received U.S. regulatory clearance for its radiation therapy monitoring system. The company is considering establishing Cleveland as its U.S. base of sales and marketing.

PRA International has opened new offices in Israel and the Ukraine to bolster the Raleigh, North Carolina-based clinical research organization’s global abilities to conduct drug trials.

Israel-based medical device company IceCure has raised $10 million in an initial public offering, and is considering setting up a U.S. sales and marketing office in Northeast Ohio.

MDG Medical Inc. will move its research and development group to Aurora, Ohio, from Lod, Israel, by the end of March, creating up to 30 jobs. The developer of automated pharmacy technology is one of the first Israeli medical companies to relocate to Northeast Ohio this decade.

EarlySense has raised $7 million in investment funding to continue commercializing its patient monitoring system for hospitals, bringing its fundraising for the year to an impressive $20 million.

Israeli medical device company EarlySense Ltd. announced today that its EverOn Central Display Station — which accompanies its EverOn Touch patient monitoring system — has been cleared for marketing in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration.

Continuing education company Bioforum Applied Knowledge Center Inc. has unveiled 14 training courses it’ll offer throughout the rest of 2010 to Ohio pharmaceutical and medical device professionals.

Medical education company Simbionix USA Corp. plans to relocate employees from Denver, Colorado, to consolidate the company’s education division in its newly expanded Cleveland headquarters.While any job growth in Northeast Ohio is certainly welcome news, it’s unclear how many jobs the move will bring. Closely held Simbionix is still working out the details, and an [...]

Updated 12:20 p.m., June 22, 2010.Israeli medical device company EarlySense Ltd., which recently closed a $13 million fundraising round, has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to sell its EverOn Touch patient-monitoring system in the United States.The company based in Ramat Gan, Israel, also is pursuing European market clearance for the enhanced Touch system. [...]