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The GAPP promotes the commercialization and translation of genomics-derived technologies. It provides a unique opportunity for User organizations to leverage their R&D investments with public funding. GAPP fosters academic collaborations with Users from industry, government, not-for-profits, and other organizations. Successful projects are driven by the User and focus on areas of opportunity that they have identified.

Ontario Genomics is pleased to introduce this report on synthetic biology in Ontario.
Biology holds the key to all of humanity’s industrial, environmental and health challenges. What is left for us to do is pinpoint the right solutions from the genomes of millions of living organisms and put them to use in our factories, our hospitals and our homes.

Are you a Canadian IT, life sciences, robotics or foodtech company ready to grow and commercialize in the US market?

The Canadian Technology Accelerator in Boston is an award-winning 4-month immersion program that connects Canadian companies to US clients, strategic partners, and investors! Managed and operated by the Consulate General of Canada in Boston's Trade Commissioner Service team in close partnership with the CENE.

The Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) program of Global Affairs Canada provides Canadian high-growth companies with mentoring support, networking opportunities and temporary office space for greater exposure to global partners and markets. 

October 3, 2016 – Montreal, QC, Toronto and Ottawa, ON ─ KalGene Pharmaceuticals and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) are proud to announce the signature of an agreement worth over $1M to develop, scale up, and transfer the technology needed to manufacture a promising novel Alzheimer’s treatment in Canada that the parties have been co-developing since 2015.

The treatment, a biologic molecule made up of a peptide that fights Alzheimer’s and an antibody-based carrier molecule designed to shuttle the peptide into the brain, is a custom-engineered therapeutic developed at NRC.

September 20, 2016, New York — Synaptive Medical, a medical device company relentlessly pursuing connections to transform the process of care, has successfully installed their BrightMatter™ technology at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. Mount Sinai, ranked #12 in the country by U.S. News & World Report for its neurology and neurosurgery program, is the first hospital in the New York Metropolitan area to acquire this revolutionary technology.

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Further evidence RDA™ may predict clinical outcome of chemotherapy in Journal of the National Cancer Institute

A new study provides further evidence that the Rna Disruption Assay™ (RDA™) may be a useful tool to predict the clinical outcome of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. 

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Sept 11, 2016 Medical Developments International Limited ("MDI") (ASX: MVP) is delighted to announce it has reached an exclusive distribution and licensing agreement with Purdue Pharma (Canada) for Penthrox® (Low-Dose Methoxyflurane) Inhaler in Canada. 

Penthrox® is a fast-acting, inhaled, non-narcotic analgesic drug/device combination for emergency relief of moderate to severe pain in conscious adult patients with trauma and associated pain.  

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September 09, 2016 - Toronto: To celebrate International PBC Day on September 11, 2016, Self Care Catalysts -- a patient intelligence and solutions company -- is announcing its newest self-care mobile app, created to support patients diagnosed with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). The team at Self Care Catalysts worked closely with the Canadian PBC Society to create a customized suite of self-care tools to support the total care for PBC, and to empower patients to play an active role in tracking their health story -- so that more can be understood about this rare disease.

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100 brains, 50 locations all for 1 important cause: Brain Health!

The art installations can be found across Toronto and highlight the importance of brain health with the aim to improve the quality of life for those with dementia and other neurological disorders.

The project is being delivered by the Baycrest Foundation who see the project as a"catalyst for discussion and awareness of brain health."

Learn more here

Find a Brain Installation here

Innovation Partnership: Procurement by Co-Design is a unique program that offers healthcare-service providers something rare: the opportunity to participate in the development of technology tailor-made for them—solutions that address the particular problems they often face—and then actually procure these solutions.

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Aug 18, 2016 - Vancouver - Zymeworks Inc., a biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing innovative multi-functional protein-based therapeutics, including bi-specific antibodies and drug conjugates for the treatment of cancer, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Zymeworks’ lead investigational products ZW25 and ZW33 for the treatment of ovarian cancer. 

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Aug 17, 2016 TORONTO - Trillium Therapeutics Inc. (TRIL)(TR.TO), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of cancer, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided the company clearance to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial of its lead drug candidate, TTI-621 (SIRPaFc), in solid tumors and mycosis fungoides. 

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Aug 15, 2016 - Toronto: Profound Medical Corp. (TSXV:PRN), an emerging medical device company focused on prostate cancer care, today announced the appointment of Arun Menawat, Ph.D. as its new Chief Executive Officer.  Steven Plymale, the Company’s current CEO, will transition to President and Chief Operating Officer.

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Aug 16, 2016 - TORNTO - Genesys Capital has collected almost three-quarters of the $125 million target set for its third venture fund, adding to the momentum felt of late in Canada’s life-sciences sector.

Genesys Ventures III initially closed at $90 million in committed capital, the Toronto firm said today. It is expected to reach its goal early next year, Managing Director Damian Lamb told PE Hub Canada. 

Should the fund reach its $125 million target, it will be the largest Genesys has raised in its 16-year history.

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August 15, 2016 Tissue Regeneration Therapeutics Inc. (TRT) today announced that a team of Canadian researchers has for the first time shown that TRT’s engineered mesenchymal stromal cell product (eTXP) can be used to deliver therapeutically useful monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) more effectively than administration of the mAbs themselves. The study appears this month, as a featured paper, in the journal STEM CELLS Translational Medicine.

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Aug 12, 2016 TORONTO - Spectral Medical Inc., (TSX:EDT) (OTCQX:EDTXF), a Phase III company developing the first treatment for patients with septic shock guided by a companion diagnostic, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016.

Spectral is a Phase III company seeking U.S. FDA approval for its unique product for the treatment of patients with septic shock, Toraymyxin™ ('PMX"). PMX is a therapeutic hemoperfusion device that removes endotoxin, which can cause sepsis, from the bloodstream. Directed by the Company's Endotoxin Activity Assay (EAA™), the only FDA cleared diagnostic for the risk of developing sepsis, Spectral's EUPHRATES trial is the world's only active and most innovative Phase III study in the area of septic shock.

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August 3, 2016, London Ontario – The Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization (CIMTEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Hood as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

July 5, 2016 TORONTO – Synaptive Medical Inc., a company focused on global commercialization of innovative solutions, announced the approval from Health Canada to market BrightMatterTM Guide. This new technology is part of a solution for health care providers that includes informatics, imaging, surgical planning, navigation and advanced optics.