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Study to analyze Canada’s growing pool of biotech talent
November 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON November 17, 2003 The Biotechnology Human Resource Council (BHRC) has launched a comprehensive study of human resource issues faced by the Canadian biotechnology sector. The organization says the study is intended to be an important first step in…
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Report shows how Canada’s most innovative firms put their research into action
November 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON November 17, 2003 Canada’s most innovative companies import ideas from anywhere in the world and break down barriers between researchers and users to commercialize those ideas, according to The Conference Board of Canada’s fifth Annual Innovation Report: Trading…
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Senior scientific appointments made at Celmed BioSciences
November 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC November 17, 2003 – Celmed BioSciences, a subsidiary of Theratechnologies that targets niche applications in oncology and neurology, has announced three senior scientific appointments. The company says it has created three new vice president positions: Dr Pierre A…
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$4.4M awarded for arthritis research
November 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON November 17, 2003 – Three osteoarthritis (OA) research projects have received funding of C$4.4 million. The award was announced today by Dr Robin Poole and Dr Jane Aubin, scientific co-directors of the Canadian Arthritis Network, and Dr Cyril…
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Life sciences news briefs (November 14, 2003)
November 14, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON November 14, 2003 The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Biotech Holdings receives Mexico regulatory approval for Sucanon Robert Rieveley, president of Biotech Holdings (Vancouver) reported that the company…
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Thermo Electron acquires laboratory services provider
November 10, 2003 by Lab Canada Waltham, MA November 10, 2003 Laboratory instruments and services supplier, Thermo Electron, says it has acquired Laboratory Management Systems (LMSi) of New Castle, Delaware. LMSi is a supplier of regulatory instrument and consulting services to the pharmaceutical and related industries,…
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BC researchers win science council accolades
November 7, 2003 by Lab Canada Burnaby, BC November 7, 2003 Winners of the Innovation and Science Council of British Columbia 2003 awards for excellence in science and technology received their awards at a gala dinner earlier this week. The council a crown agency dedicated to…
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$1M for new NSERC chair in extreme-environment design
November 7, 2003 by Lab Canada Montral, QC November 7, 2003 The Government of Canada is funding a new NSERC chair in design for extreme environments at McGill University. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) is providing C$1 million over five years, with McGill…
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Executive appointments at Canadian Water Network
November 6, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON November 6, 2003 The Canadian Water Network has appointed Dr Mark R Servos as the scientific director of the network. In addition, it has named two new members to its board of directors: Paul Glover from Health Canada…
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Life sciences news briefs (November 05, 2003)
November 5, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON November 5, 2003 The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update ConjuChem initiates enrolment in Phase II trial for DAC(TM): GLP-1 ConjuChem (Montreal) announced it has begun European enrolment in…
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$250K to improve participation of women in science and engineering
November 4, 2003 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON November 5, 2003 The first of four new regional chairs to increase the participation of women in science and engineering has been launched at the University of Guelph. The effort is being supported by Canada’s Natural Sciences and…
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MIV Therapeutics appoints special scientific advisor
November 4, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC November 4, 2003 MIV Therapeutics has appointed Dr Arun Chockalingam, BE, MS, PhD, FACC, FACEP, as its special advisor on scientific & international affairs. Dr Chockalingam is a clinical professor of health care and epidemiology at the University…
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Resource giants band together to build $5.3M mining chair
November 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB November 3, 2003 Eleven corporations in the resource sector have come together to create the Alberta Chamber of Resources Industry Chair in Mining Engineering. Combined contributions from Albian Sands, BHP Diamonds, Diavik Diamonds Mines, Finning, Elk Valley Coal,…
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Ontario hospital association names new executives
November 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON November 3, 2003 The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) has named Hilary Short as it new president & CEO, and Tony Dagnone as the chair of its board of directors for 2003-2004. A long-serving member of the staff at…
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Canada’s universities post slower growth in research income
October 31, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON October 31, 2003 Canada’s top 50 research universities posted C$3.8 billion in sponsored research income for fiscal 2002. This represents a 12.1% increase over the $3.4 billion in 2001, according to Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities List 2003,…
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Time lost in blackout not made up in overtime
October 31, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON October 31, 2003 The manufacturing, professional/scientific/technical and educational services sectors of Ontario’s economy lost many thousands of hours of work time in the second half of August because of the Ontario-US power outage and subsequent conservation period, according…
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Medical equipment funding given $63M boost in Ontario
October 30, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON October 30, 2003 The Ontario government says it is improving access to diagnostic equipment and treatment with a $63-million increase to upgrade and modernize medical equipment, Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman announced today. “We are taking…
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Seminars to focus on spectroscopic solutions
October 28, 2003 by Lab Canada San Jose, CA October 28, 2003 Thermo Electron is running a series of complimentary spectroscopic solutions seminars which will highlight theory, products, applications and techniques related to molecular spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The seminars will review the theories and applications…
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Innovation awards salute university-industry collaborations
October 28, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 28, 2003 The winners of the 2003 NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation have been announced by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. The awards are given to outstanding university-industry R&D partnerships. Seven partnerships were singled out…
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Qualification program expanded for water purification systems
October 28, 2003 by Lab Canada Billerica, MA October 28, 2003 Water purification system provider Millipore says it has expanded its qualification program to include its next generation Elix and RiOs water purification systems, as well as SDS storage and distribution system and accessories. The company’s…
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Grand-scale smallpox research grid delivers results
October 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Markham, ON October 27, 2003 IBM, along with the University of Western Ontario’s Robarts Research Institute and several other technology and research organizations have completed the important first step in finding a treatment for smallpox. They dramatically reduced the number…
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Ottawa heart institute creates new hypertension research chair
October 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 27, 2003 (October 10, 2003) The University of Ottawa Heart Institute has created the Pfizer Chair in Hypertension Research. It says the five-year agreement will advance the groundbreaking work of the Institute’s Hypertension Research Group in new…
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Thermo Electron sells test and measurement business
October 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Waltham, MA October 27, 2003 Thermo Electron Corporation says it has sold its test and measurement business to the Ling Dynamic Systems (LDS) business of SPX Corporation for an undisclosed cash amount. The Thermo business, formerly part of the company’s…
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Life sciences news briefs (October 27, 2003)
October 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON — October 27, 2003 — The following life sciences news briefs were published recently by Industry Canada: 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Altachem Achieves milestone with potential anti-cancer compound Mr Warren Jackson, president and CEO of Altachem Pharma (Edmonton) announced…
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Nobel laureates among Pittcon speakers in 2004
October 20, 2003 by Lab Canada Pittsburgh, PA October 20, 2003 The Pittsburgh Conference announced today that Koichi Tanaka and Professor Kurt Wnthrich, 2002 Nobel laureates, will present separate plenary lectures describing their work at the 2004 Pittsburgh Conference at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Both…
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Plans unveiled for developing lower-cost, low-field MRI
October 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB October 17, 2003 A joint federal-provincial initiative is expected to make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology more accessible and affordable, as well as develop commercial opportunities for a made-in-Canada MRI. A joint $1.23 million federal-provincial contribution has been…
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Life sciences news briefs (October 17, 2003)
October 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 17, 2003 The following life sciences news briefs were recently published by Industry Canada. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Axcan receives “not approvable” letter for Helicide Axcan Pharma (Mont Saint Hilaire) has announced that the US Food and Drug…
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Montreal scientist named head of Human Proteome Organization
October 14, 2003 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC October 14, 2003 Dr John M Bergeron has been appointed to the position of incoming president of the the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO). Dr Bergeron’s two-year term will begin in June 2004. The announcement was made at the…
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Canadian Arthritis Network names board appointments
October 9, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON October 9, 2003 The Canadian Arthritis Network today announced the appointments of Dr Robin Armstrong and Jeff Davis to its board of directors. Dr Armstrong, currently a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, has had a long…
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Life sciences news briefs (October 09, 2003)
October 9, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 9, 2003 The following life sciences news briefs were published by Industry Canada this week. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Procyon reports positive results for PCK3145 Procyon Biopharma (Montreal) announced positive interim results for PCK3145, Procyon’s therapeutic drug indicated…
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Saskatchewan academic appointed to NSERC
October 7, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON October 7, 2003 Dr Katherine Heinrich has been appointed to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s council for a term of three years. Dr Heinrich is vice-president (academic) and professor of mathematics and statistics at…
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