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November 21, 2025

We’re excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Shai Melcer, Head of the National Program for Bioconvergence at The Israel Innovation Authority. We kick this episode off by first learning what bioconvergence is. Then we talk about who The Israel Innovation Authority’s customers are. Next, we examine why this is such a unique opportunity for Israel. But no opportunity is without its competition, so we talk about how Melcer is competing with cyber and defense — which are huge sectors here. Melcer then also shares how he is competing against big companies like Sandbox AQ. Next, we discuss how The Israel Innovation Authority creates and captures value. Lastly, we conclude this episode with Melcer sharing three things he wants to do for his customers. 

Check out the main topics of discussion for this episode of the Life Sciences Today podcast:

  • What is bioconvergence?
  • Who are your customers?
  • Why is this a unique opportunity for Israel?
  • How do you compete with cyber and defense, which are huge sectors here?
  • How do you compete with companies like Sandbox AQ, which spun off from Google quantum computing, raised $950M, and just released the largest publicly available binding affinity dataset with co-folded 3d structures on Hugging Face? 
  • How do you create value?
  • How do you capture value from your customers?
  • What are 3 things you want to do for your customers?

Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Life Sciences Today podcast.

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