Highlights from Uzi Sofer’s speech at today’s opening of trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)
First and foremost, I thank God for bringing us to this moment.
For me, today marks far more than a financial milestone. It represents a journey that began with a scientific idea and the desire to do something meaningful for humanity. A journey that has only just begun.
More than 20 years ago at Tel Aviv University, Prof. Itzhak Kelson, of blessed memory, and Prof. Yona Keisari, may he live and be well, brought together the worlds of nuclear physics and immunology and proposed the idea of harnessing alpha particles for a targeted cancer treatment. Itzhak did not live to see this day, but his legacy lives on in our work. Yona, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This past Shabbat’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha (Go Forth), tells how God asks Abraham to set out on his journey but without revealing the destination. To do something truly great, sometimes you have to set out before you can see the whole picture.
When we set out, we did not know how many scientific, clinical, regulatory, and financial challenges lay ahead. But we knew one thing: we had a mission - to bring to the world a new technology that could offer hope to cancer patients, especially those with very limited treatment options.
Thank God, Alpha DaRT® has already received regulatory approvals in Israel and Japan and is currently being studied in clinical trials across several countries. We are still at the beginning of realizing its great potential.
Our journey took us to Nasdaq and around the world. But our home has always been, and will always remain, here. We believe in Israel and in the great things that a small country can bring to the world, and we wanted Israeli investors to be partners in a company born and raised here. Today feels like coming home.
God also promises Abraham: “All the families of the earth shall be blessed through you.” What a privilege it would be if science born here could ease the suffering of people we do not know, without discrimination based on religion, race, or gender, who share the most basic human wish: to live, to be healthy, and to be with their families.
Thank you to our executive team; to every Alpha Tau Medical manager and employee; and to our board, investors, partners, physicians, and researchers.
To my wife, Toni, my children and grandchildren: this journey is yours too. And to my mother, I am so moved that you are with us today: so much of who I am is because of you.
Uzi Sofer, CEO
https://lnkd.in/p/g6eHrcTy
First and foremost, I thank God for bringing us to this moment.
For me, today marks far more than a financial milestone. It represents a journey that began with a scientific idea and the desire to do something meaningful for humanity. A journey that has only just begun.
More than 20 years ago at Tel Aviv University, Prof. Itzhak Kelson, of blessed memory, and Prof. Yona Keisari, may he live and be well, brought together the worlds of nuclear physics and immunology and proposed the idea of harnessing alpha particles for a targeted cancer treatment. Itzhak did not live to see this day, but his legacy lives on in our work. Yona, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This past Shabbat’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha (Go Forth), tells how God asks Abraham to set out on his journey but without revealing the destination. To do something truly great, sometimes you have to set out before you can see the whole picture.
When we set out, we did not know how many scientific, clinical, regulatory, and financial challenges lay ahead. But we knew one thing: we had a mission - to bring to the world a new technology that could offer hope to cancer patients, especially those with very limited treatment options.
Thank God, Alpha DaRT® has already received regulatory approvals in Israel and Japan and is currently being studied in clinical trials across several countries. We are still at the beginning of realizing its great potential.
Our journey took us to Nasdaq and around the world. But our home has always been, and will always remain, here. We believe in Israel and in the great things that a small country can bring to the world, and we wanted Israeli investors to be partners in a company born and raised here. Today feels like coming home.
God also promises Abraham: “All the families of the earth shall be blessed through you.” What a privilege it would be if science born here could ease the suffering of people we do not know, without discrimination based on religion, race, or gender, who share the most basic human wish: to live, to be healthy, and to be with their families.
Thank you to our executive team; to every Alpha Tau Medical manager and employee; and to our board, investors, partners, physicians, and researchers.
To my wife, Toni, my children and grandchildren: this journey is yours too. And to my mother, I am so moved that you are with us today: so much of who I am is because of you.
Uzi Sofer, CEO
https://lnkd.in/p/g6eHrcTy
