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GENERAL
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Disclosure of general [Abstract]  
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a.
General description of the Company and its operations:

MediWound Ltd. (the "Company" or "MediWound"), is a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company bringing innovative therapies to address unmet medical needs in severe burn and wound management, The Company's first innovative biopharmaceutical product, NexoBrid, received marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency ("EMA") as well as the Israeli, Argentinean, South-Korean, Russian and Peruvian Ministries of Health, for removal of dead or damaged tissue, known as eschar, in adults with deep partial and full thickness thermal burns. The Company sells NexoBrid in Europe and in Israel through its commercial organizations and in other territories through local distributers. In 2019, the Company entered into exclusive license and supply agreements with Vericel Corporation (“Vericel”) to commercialize NexoBrid in North America.

The Company second investigational innovative product, EscharEx, is a topical biological drug being developed for debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds.


b.
The Company's securities are listed for trading on NASDAQ since March 2014.


c.
The Company has two wholly owned subsidiaries: MediWound Germany GmbH, acting as Europe (“EU”) marketing authorization holder and EU sales and marketing arm and MediWound UK Limited, an inactive company. In addition, the Company owns approximately 10% of PolyHeal Ltd., a private life sciences company ("PolyHeal").


d.
The Company awarded two contracts with the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ("BARDA"), for the advancement of the development and manufacturing, as well as the procurement of NexoBrid, as a medical countermeasure as part of BARDA preparedness for mass casualty events.

On March 3, 2020 BARDA has expanded its awarded contract with MediWound providing supplemental funding of $5.5 million to support emergency readiness for NexoBrid deployment.