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Spartan Bioscience Receives Health Canada Approval for Fast, Portable COVID-19 Test

Spartan Bioscience has received approval from Health Canada for its rapid and portable COVID-19 test.

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Microbix and Oneworld Create COVID-19 Test Quality Program

Microbix Biosystems Inc. and Oneworld Accuracy have announced a collaboration to provide a global external quality assessment (EQA) program to support clinically-effective COVID-19 testing.

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Mobio Interactive Teams Up With Hospitals to Provide COVID-19 Mental Health Support

Mobio Health has announced that it has teamed up with the New York University School of Medicine and the Zurich Psychiatry Hospital to deliver free digital stress-resilience training.

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Self Care Catalysts Announces Health Storylines and Collaboration with Roche COVID-19 Data Science Coalition Project

Self Care Catalysts has launched a collaboration with Roche through the Roche COVID-19 Data Science Coalition project. The initiative will use Self Care Catalysts’ Health Storylines as the offiicial COVID-19 app that will collect data from the community.

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Zucara Therapeutics Announces US$21 Million Series A Financing

Zucara Therapeutics Inc. has announced that it has closed a US$21 million Series A Financing led by Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund.

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OBIO's COVID-19 Advocacy Efforts

As the health science industry adjusts to the realities of COVID-19, OBIO continues to advocate and work on your behalf. Over the last two weeks, OBIO has engaged with health science companies in a variety of ways.

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OBIO Advocating on Behalf of the Health Science Industry

OBIO sends letter to government with recommendations to expand the federal announced wage subsidy

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VBI Vaccines Collaborates with NRC to Develop Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate Targeting COVID-19, SARS and MERS

VBI Vaccines has announced a collaboration with the NRC to develop a pan-coronavirus vaccine candidate, targeting COVID-19, SARS, MERS.

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Ontario Government Announces Health Science Industry As Essential Business Sector

The Government of Ontario has announced that the health science industry is deemed an essential service in Ontario and will be exempted from temporary closures of businesses due to COVID-19.

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Federal Government Announces New Supports for Business in Fight Against COVID-19

Today, the Government of Canada announced a plan to mobilize industry to combat COVID-19. The plan will redirect a variety of streams of government funding toward manufacturing, commercialization and research focused on health science products and services needed during the pandemic.

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Federal Government: Economic Response Plan

The Government of Canada has announced a series of measures to help businesses as they respond to COVID-19.

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Update from OBIO

Update from the President and CEO - OBIO’s response to COVID-19

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CoHealth Part of RBC Healthcare's Practice Solutions

RBC Healthcare has partnered with four health care tech companies, including CoHealth, on a new package of services to help physicians establish and manage their practices.

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Cyclica and ProteinQure Included on Most Promising AI Companies List

CB Insights recently released its annual list of most promising AI start-ups in the world. This year’s list included health care companies Cyclica and ProteinQure.

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OBIO launches first Early Adopter Health Network in Ontario

The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing health technology innovation and commercialization in Ontario, announce today’s launch of the province’s first-of-its-kind Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN). The EAHN is a network of health organizations that get leading-edge technologies into the health system.