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Invest in Israel Newsletter May 2011 Edition

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In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5% The International Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, in its 2011 World Competitiveness Yearbook ranked Israel in the 17th place among the world’s 59 leading economies in terms of competitiveness. The growth in GDP follows a 7.6%

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Invest in Israel Newsletter August 2010 Edition

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Medical product giant Baxter International and Israeli biopharmaceutical company Kamada entered into a definitive distribution agreement for Glassia, the first and only liquid, ready-to-use Alpha1-Proteinase inhibitor that treats genetic lung-damaging disorder alpha-1 antitryspin (AAT). Canada, Australia and New Zealand. IN 2ND QUARTER.