Israeli Cartilage Repair startup raises $10M to continue to study Agili-C

$10 Million Raised for Cartilage Repair (Orthopedics This Week)
An Israeli medical device company, CartiHeal Ltd, which was spun off from the Department of Biotechnology Engineering at Ben-Gurion University, has raised $10 million to spur the development of the company’s lead product, Agili-C. Agili-C is a single step arthroscopically-placed implant for repairing cartilage and osteochondral defects.
According to the company’s July 9 press release, Agili-C has demonstrated, in both animal and human studies, an ability to regenerate true hyaline cartilage—confirmed by the presence of Type II col...