Boston Scientific is to shut its Galil Medical subsidiary in Yokne’am and switch its exercise to a central manufacturing website in Eire, “Globes” has discovered. The transfer will happen step by step, ending in 2027-2028. In line with estimates that haven’t been confirmed by the corporate, the Yokne’am website employs about 100 folks.
In response to an enquiry from “Globes”, a spokesperson for Boston Scientific mentioned, “We’re transferring the manufacturing exercise that takes place on the Galil Medical website in Yokne’am , which helps our portfolio of options in interventional oncology cryoablation, to the Boston Scientific website in Galway, Eire. This gradual change will assist us to fulfill the anticipated demand for the merchandise.
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“We have now notified the staff of the intention of step by step transferring this work in December 2025, and anticipate the switch to be accomplished by early 2028. We see the staff who will likely be affected by this determination as the best precedence. They’ve acquired notification of the change, and can obtain a chance to submit candidacy for vacant positions in Boston Scientific and help within the switch course of.
“The corporate has a flourishing laser improvement and manufacturing heart in Israel (acquired from Lumenis in 2021 for $1.1 billion – G.W.), and it acknowledges the added worth that the enterprise atmosphere in Israel contributes to it. The corporate will proceed to function, make investments, and be current in Israel.”
Apart from the laser exercise purchased from Lumenis, earlier this yr Boston Scientific purchased SoniVie, developer of a tool for treating hypertension, for $360 million. It’s invested in a number of further medical system firms in Israel.
Galil Medical, one of many oldest established medical system firms nonetheless energetic in Israel, produces gadgets for freezing cancerous growths. It has undergone ups and downs through the years and handed although a number of ownerships. Boston Scientific turned the proprietor of the corporate in 2019 when it purchased a medical system firm known as BTG, which targeted on oncology and emergency medication. BTG had purchased Galil Medical in 2016 for $110 million.
Galil Medical was based in 1997 on the premise of know-how developed at protection firm Rafael Superior Protection Methods. When it set out, it was considered one of Israel’s most distinguished medical system firms. It developed a medical system designed to burn tissue in a micro-invasive freezing process. The primary utility was for prostate most cancers. The tactic concerned inserting a needle into the prostate gland and injecting gasoline into it ensuing within the formation of an ice ball on the finish of it that may freeze solely the cancerous tissue.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on December 11, 2025.
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