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King Abdul Aziz University
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    University of Virginia Health System; Charlottesville, VA
    United States of America

  • Dr. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hadasit since 2006. A not-for-profit initiative, EXCITE International will succeed through broad-based global collaboration, strong partnerships and its capable leadership and staff.”

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    Dr. Hofstein completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School in both the departments of biological chemistry and neurobiology.

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    King Abdul Aziz University
    United Arab Emirates

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    pediatrics
    King Abdul Aziz University
    United Arab Emirates

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    Hofstein has served on our Board of Directors since 2003, our Audit Committee since 2007, and our Compensation Committee since 2012.

    dr rafi hofstein biography

    Hofstein was the founder and served as chair of Hadasit BioHolding Ltd., a publicly-traded holding company (10 start-ups under management) on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) since 2005. In addition, Dr. Hofstein is a co-founder and board member of ILSI, the Israeli Life Science Industry Organization, and a co-founder and executive in Israel’s Tech Transfer Network (ITTN).

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    Neurobiology Department, Harvard Medical School

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    Molecular Biology and Physiology

    Weizmann Institute of Science

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    Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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    Good News for Bad Guts

    Yonge Street Mediaprint

    2014-11-12

    MaRS Innovation-University of Toronto start-up Encycle Therapeutics, is the recipient of a generous grant to further research its development of an oral treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD--the first of its kind.

    As Dr.

    Raphael Hofstein, president and CEO of MaRS Innovation, told Drug Discovery and Development: "Encycle Therapeutics has spent the last 18 months demonstrating the significant potential of its innovative macrocyle chemistry platform to generate small-cell permeable systems . Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein joined MaRS Innovation as President and CEO in June 2009.

    During the 1980s, Dr Hofstein held the roles of scientific director of Biotechnological Applications Ltd., and manager R&D and chief of Immunochemistry at the International Genetic Scientific Partnership, organizations that were pivotal in developing Israel’s world-leading biotechnology sector.

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    . Other directorships held on TASE publicly-traded companies include: Bioline RX (drug development); Exalenz (medical devices); and Evogene (agri-bio).

    He has also served as chairman of BIOMED, Israel’s annual biomedical conference, from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining Hadasit, Dr. Hofstein was the President of Mindsense Biosystems Ltd.

    and the Business Unit Director of Ecogen Inc. and has held a variety of other positions, including Manager of R&D and Chief of Immunochemistry at the International Genetic Science Partnership. From 1999 to the present, he has held the position of president and CEO of Hadasit Ltd., the technology transfer and commercialization company of the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem.

    Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein

    Dr. Dr. Hofstein received his PhD and MSc from the Weizmann Institute of Science and his BSc in chemistry and physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

    Dr. Hofstein served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of MaRS Innovation (a commercialization company for 15 of Toronto’s universities, institutions, and research institutes, plus the MaRS Discovery District) from June 2009 to March 2020. Leslie Levin, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, EXCITE International

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    pediatrics
    University of Virginia Health System; Charlottesville, VA
    United States of America

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    Cracking the innovation code – Creating Canadian value in the global market

    Toronto CFO Executive SummitHilton Toronto Markham Suites

    2014-12-08

    Strengthening the interface between industry and technology transfer offices

    AACT Canada ConferenceToronto, ON, Canada

    2013-12-05

    Shaping our future in the changing global biopharma R&D economy

    CQDM Global BioPharma eventMontreal, QC, Canada

    2013-06-12

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    Hofstein was scientific director of the Israeli office of Ecogen Inc., a subsidiary of Monsanto, for over six years before assuming the role of vice-president, Business Development for Ecogen in Langhorne, Pa.

    From 1997 to 1999 Dr.

    Hofstein was president of Mindsense Biosystems Ltd., an Israeli company that develops neuropsychiatric immune assays.

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