This collaboration will be part of the Innovation Authority’s larger International Health Centers R&D and Piloting program, which established similar partnerships with the Mayo Clinic, Hartford HealthCare and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in the U.S., as well as hospitals in the United Kingdom and Germany.
This new collaboration “will enable the Israeli medical innovation ecosystem to access top-tier facilities, know-how, infrastructure and expertise on a global scale, and provide Israeli companies with a new launchpad for their technologies and services,” Dr. Appelbaum said.
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AHN, meanwhile, continues to expand its portfolio of partnerships with international collaborators. In recent months, AHN has formalized agreements with Splendo Health (Netherlands) and AdipoPharma (France) to share office space, lab space and professional resources at AHN Suburban, a former acute-care hospital in Bellevue, Pa., that is now being used as a health care innovation center.
AHN Suburban is also home to AlphaLab Health, a life-sciences incubator that was developed in partnership with Pittsburgh-based technology investor Innovation Works.
The AlphaLab Health incubator draws applicants from around the world to compete for pre-seed investment funding and participate in a mentorship program that helps them to navigate the key risk points in the clinical and commercial development of their early-stage companies.
“Health care is local, but health care research is global — and international partnerships are an important part of our targeted research strategy at AHN and Highmark Health,” said Keith Lejeune, AHN’s Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation. “These strategic alliances will be key as we work to nurture new health care technologies and companies that will help to solve the many systemic challenges that affect the U.S. and global health care systems.”
AHN’s partnership with the Innovation Authority is the latest in a series of collaborations between Pittsburgh-based innovators and their Israeli counterparts. For example, the group known as “412×972” — signifying the area code for Pittsburgh and the international calling code for Israel — has nurtured business connections between the two regions, and has helped dozens of Israeli and Pittsburgh companies partner on innovative projects since 2020.
AHN has been a participant in the 412x972 initiative from the beginning.
AHN Suburban is also home to Testa Seat, a company that builds adaptive seating for children and adults with special needs. Founded in Israel by Alex Geht, Testa Seat is part of AHN Suburban’s disability technology incubator program, and arrived in Pittsburgh through an Israeli initiative known as TOM — Tikkun Olam Makers.
