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New program supports early development of bio-industrial technologies
July 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions has launched a new funding program, “Alberta Bio Future Product and Technology Commercialization,” that is aimed at helping companies with pre-commercial or commercial development of new bio-industrial products or bio-industrial technologies. Bio-industrial products…
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Bio-industry commercialization the focus on new partnership
July 21, 2015 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) have formed a partnership they say will help Canadian firms to translate research and development from the lab to the marketplace. The partnership’s focus…
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New company to commercialize novel stem cell-expanding molecules
June 15, 2015 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC and Toronto, ON – Patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia (AML), who require stem cell transplantation as part of their treatment, may now benefit from a new best-in-class process that improves the viability and success of cord blood…
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Northern Biologics strikes commercialization deal
May 4, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Northern Biologics, a privately held company that is commercializing antibody therapeutics developed at the University Health Network and the University of Toronto, announced this week that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Celgene Corp, a…
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Commercialized cell therapies goal of regenerative medicine alliance
March 20, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) has formed a strategic alliance with two international regenerative medicine translation centres: Australia’s Cooperative Research Centre for Cell Therapy Manufacturing (CTM CRC), and the UK’s Cell Therapy Catapult.…
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$21M funding supports new tech projects in forest sector
March 20, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canada’s forest industries R&D institute FPInnovations (FPI) is receiving $20.6 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada. The funding announcement was made at the Ontario Forest Industries Association’s 72nd annual meeting in late February. The funding will…
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$13M for new food development centre
February 23, 2015 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has awarded over $13 million for the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc. (Food Centre) to build and equip a new innovative facility. The Food Centre is the primary source of food product…
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$26.8 million supports clean tech projects
February 23, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), has announced seven clean technology projects in Ontario are receiving funding of $26.8 million, supporting jobs, economic growth and the environment. The projects are as follows: Grafoid Inc. in Ottawa will receive…
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Biologics and vaccine development focus of new centre of excellence
February 5, 2015 by Lab Canada Laval, QC – Drug discovery project facilitator NEOMED has announced the launch of the Biologics and Vaccine Centre of Excellence in Laval under a proposed partnership with GSK. The organization says the centre will be the only one of its…
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Drug research commercialization supported with new $2M fund
February 4, 2015 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Saskatoon, SK – A consortium of Saskatchewan’s innovation organizations have come together with the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Canada’s national drug development and commercialization centre, to establish a new $2-million CDRD-Saskatchewan Innovation Fund. The…
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Collaboration to advance cardiac, diabetes and depression technologies
January 13, 2015 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – MaRS Innovation has formed a research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation and its Canadian affiliate, Janssen Inc., to advance technologies focused on cardiac, diabetes and depression through three projects. The projects’ principal investigators are researchers from…
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Major private-academic partnership in biotech venture
December 10, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new biotech company, Northern Biologics, has been officially unveiled by biotechnology incubator Blueline Bioscience in partnership with the University of Toronto (U of T) and University Health Network’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (UHN). The company will…
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Cutting-edge severe weather forecasting technology to be developed
December 2, 2014 by Lab Canada Québec City, QC – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the National Optics Institute (INO) have formed a partnership to improve forecasting of severe weather events. As part of the partnership, the CSA is awarding a contract worth $650,000 to…
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Partnership to help incubate and grow McGill-based start-ups
November 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal (CEIM) has received funding of $6.2 million over the next five years from the federal government to support a partnership with McGill University that will provide McGill student and faculty…
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Xerox research partnership focuses on green chemistry
October 6, 2014 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – The Xerox Research Centre Canada (XRCC) has signed an agreement with GreenCentre Canada – a national centre of excellence working with academia and industrial partners to identify and develop green technologies. As part of the agreement, XRCC…
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$308M bailout signed for MaRS Phase 2 building
September 23, 2014 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s provincial government has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire an interest in the MaRS Phase 2 building in Toronto from its developer, Alexandria Real Estate (ARE). The government says the agreement, with a total value…
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$1.9M supports bio-fibre quality research projects
July 21, 2014 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba’s Composites Innovation Centre is receiving over $1.9 million in combined federal-provincial funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development to support FibreCITY, North America’s first agriculture fibre-grading centre of excellence program. The…
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Carbon dioxide-consuming fuel cell project wins development grant
July 14, 2014 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Can a fuel cell consume rather than produce carbon dioxide to create energy? That’s the $35-million question a University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering-led team is looking to answer as one of the 24 challengers moving onto…
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Joint venture to commercialize cellulose filaments
June 25, 2014 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Montreal, QC – A new joint venture company – Performance BioFilaments – has been set up by Mercer International and Resolute Forest Products to develop commercial applications for cellulose filaments, a new biomaterial. Cellulose filaments have special…
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$7M research chairs to turn science into enterprise
June 5, 2014 by Lab Canada Fredericton, NB – The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) has established the first three of six new applied research chairs valued at over $3,525,000 over five years. When complete, the organization says that over $7 million will be awarded for…
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Xerox Research Centre Canada signs materials research services agreement
April 1, 2014 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – The Xerox Research Centre Canada says it has signed a multi-year materials research services agreement with Dallas-based Authentix, a provider of anti-counterfeiting, brand protection and program integrity solutions for the oil and gas industry; currency, branded products…
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New program to link SMEs with research institutions
March 24, 2014 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has announced a new program it says is aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) access the business and technical services they need to get innovative products and services…
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$55M for research into biomass-based plastics and composites
November 4, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council (NRC) today announced a new $55-million initiative called the Industrial Biomaterials program. The program is aimed at helping to create more fuel-efficient vehicles and greener construction materials. The $55 million will be spread…
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Collaboration to commercialize cancer screening tool
August 12, 2013 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new diagnostic test for pre-cancerous polyps, PolypDx™, from Metabolomic Technologies (MTI), is moving towards commercialization as a result of a collaboration between the company, Alberta’s provincial government, the University of Alberta, and BGI Shenzhen (formerly Beijing…
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Research grants should not be tied to commercialization: study
June 5, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Canadian universities lag behind their US counterparts in generating technology transfer between academic research and companies, and improved policies are needed to address the problem, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In…
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Bioeconomy and genomics research get major funding push
June 3, 2013 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Gary Goodyear, federal minister of state (science and technology), today unveiled a new program to spur the growth of Canada’s bioeconomy, as well as renewal of funding for other genomic research programs. “Genomics is a foundational piece…
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$4M public-private partnership to promote research
April 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Chicago IL – Merck Canada says it is reinforcing its commitment to the Canadian life sciences research innovation sector by providing $4 million in funding to the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer – Commercialization of Research (IRICoR) for…
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Partnership to bridge research and commercialization
April 22, 2013 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – MaRS Innovation, a Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research, today says it is forming a strategic partnership with Pfizer to advance early-stage technologies related to human health in therapeutics and diagnostics. The partnership’s goal is to…
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Partnership to investigate new applications for bio-based materials
March 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Burlington, ON – EcoSynthetix and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo have joined forces through an industrial partnership to collaborate on new applications for EcoSynthetix’ EcoSphere technology. The five-year agreement will be jointly funded through an…
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Canadian technology to be developed for Alzheimer’s disease research
February 25, 2013 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB and Vancouver, BC – A made-in-Canada treatment for one of the world’s most devastating diseases could be closer to patients thanks to a new technology targeting Alzheimer’s Disease developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and licensed…
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$61.8M supports clean technology projects across Canada
February 15, 2013 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has announced funding that supports 23 clean technology projects. Funding for the projects, which totals $61.8 million in areas such as agriculture, transportation, mining and energy, is being provided through SDTC’s SD…
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