TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--“The first 2010 quarter export of the life sciences industry summed up to ca. $1.7 billion, an increase of about 14 percent compared to the same period last year. This increase is derived from a 15.4 percent increase in the export of medications, which has summed up to ca. $1.3 Billion; medical and surgical instrumentation had an increase of 7.5 percent, summing up to about $306 Million,” said Mr. Avi Hefetz, the Chief Executive Officer of the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute. The information, published based on an analysis made by the institute financial unit, was collected in view of the coming ILSI–Biomed Israel 2010 Week, the key annual life–sciences event in Israel, that will be held between June the 14th and the 16th, 2010 in the David Intercontinental hotel in Tel–Aviv.
