Gary Jacobs

Israel as a Global Health Innovation Beta Site

Yulia Eitan, Chaim Bitterman, Gary Jacobs, Roger Stein, Yaron Nordorfer, Harlan Weissman, Glenn

The conference established a consensus to transform global healthcare from isolated technologies into a unified operating system, leveraging Clalit Healthcare Services' comprehensive longitudinal data to drive systemic efficiency and innovation. Key figures including Gary Jacobs and Roger Stein proposed structural shifts in financing and education, such as pooling high-risk biomedical assets and reorienting learning toward problem-solving, to overcome the "Valley of Death" in biotech and reduce chronic disease burdens. These strategies support Israel's ambition to become a global beta site where the government acts as a strategic navigator, funding public-private partnerships and Social Impact Bonds that solve specific clinical challenges defined by the healthcare system itself.