Isaac Kaye

Isaac Kaye

Isaac Kaye is a businessman with interests in healthcare, originally from South Africa. He obtained Irish citizenship upon his arrival in the UK in 1985.

According to the healthcare investment firm Trevi Health Ventures, Kaye "built Norton Healthcare Ltd., a UK generic pharmaceutical company, which was acquired by Ivax Corporation in 1990." He became chairman of Ivax Pharmaceuticals UK. In 2006 Ivax was sold to Teva Pharmaceuticals for $7.4 billion. Kaye has also been active is technology, investment and healthcare in Israel. [ [http://www.trevihealth.com/sponsors.htm Trevi Health Ventures: Strategic Partners] ] Mr. Kaye has also been active in promoting Israel-based technology and innovation. He was a co-founder of Israel Healthcare Ventures, a leading Israel-based venture capital firm, and also established the Kaye Innovation Awards in order to encourage and recognize technological achievements at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

In 2002 Ivax was the largest supplier of generic drugs to the NHS. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,683730,00.html Profile: Isaac Kaye, by Kevin Maguire] April 13, 2002, "The Guardian"]

In January 2008 his name was listed as one of the donors to Peter Hain's May 2007 election campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party. Kaye's donation of £15,000, undeclared as a donation by Hain at the time, was channelled through the mysterious Progressive Policies Forum organization.

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