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CIHR honours scientists for health research excellence
March 17, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 17, 2004 – Dr Alan Bernstein, president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), has announced the recipients of Canada’s top awards for excellence in health research. The following Canadian researchers are being recognized for…
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New unit combines gene expression, proteomics and reagents for Agilent
March 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Palo Alto, CA – March 16, 2004 – Agilent Technologies says it has formed an integrated biology solutions (IBS) unit within its life sciences and chemical analysis business group. The new unit consolidates management of Agilent’s growing gene expression, proteomics…
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MDS sells laboratory operations in New York and Georgia to LabCorp
March 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – March 16, 2004 – MDS Diagnostic Services says it has sold its laboratory operations in Poughkeepsie, NY and Atlanta, GA, to Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) in an asset purchase transaction. Financial terms of the transaction were…
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NSERC Steacie fellows for 2004 announced
March 12, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 12, 2004 – The six 2004 winners of one of Canada’s premier sciences awards, the NSERC Steacie Fellowships, have been announced. Named to the 2004 NSERC Steacie honours list are – Dr. Mosto Bousmina, polymer engineering…
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New president at the helm of Rx&D
March 10, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 10. 2004 – Jean-Michel Halfon, chairman of the board of directors of Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D), has announced the appointment of Russell Williams as president of Rx&D. Mr Williams joins Rx&D after a successful career…
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Federal government funds biopharm company with half million dollar investment
March 9, 2004 by Lab Canada Saguenay, QC – March 9, 2004 – Biopharmaceutical firm FPL Pharma is receiving $504,310 in repayable financial assistance from the federal government. The assistance was announced last week by Lucienne Robillard, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic…
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$2M federal funding to commercialize university research
March 8, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – March 8, 2004 – A $2-million repayable contribution to university research enhancement corporation, Gestion Valeo, has been made by Canada Economic Development. This financial support will significantly boost the means available to Valeo for commercializing the results…
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New chief scientific officer for Covalon Technologies
March 8, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – March 8, 2004 – Advanced medical biosystems company Covalon Technologies, formerly known as UroTeq, has named Dr Valerio DiTizio as chief scientific officer. Dr DiTizio is the co-inventor on Covalon technologies. He has an undergraduate degree in…
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MDS Pharma Services appoints senior vice president, discovery and preclinical
March 5, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – March 5, 2004 – MDS Pharma Services, a provider of innovative drug discovery and development solutions, has named Robert Beland senior vice president, discovery and preclinical. Beland will lead the pharmacology, metabolism resource, biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutics and fermentation…
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Life sciences news briefs (March 05, 2004)
March 5, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 5, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Stressgen reports HspE7 results from two clinical trials Stressgen (Victoria) announced the results from two clinical trials…
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Nearly $1M committed to Canada’s first new emerging team in spinal cord injury
March 3, 2004 by Lab Canada London, ON – March 3, 2004 – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in partnership with the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, has awarded nearly $1 million to Canada’s first new emerging team (NET) of interdisciplinary Robarts researchers who are pioneering promising…
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Feds announce $179M for nationwide health research projects
March 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 1, 2004 – The federal government has announced funding of $179 million for 437 research projects across Canada to be carried out over periods of one to five years. Selected to exemplify CIHR’s comprehensive, problem-based approach…
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Critical infrastructures the focus of new $3M program
March 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 1, 2004 – NSERC and Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) have launched a $3-million joint program to fund research in the area of critical infrastructure interdependencies. Under the program, scientists and engineers in the…
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Life sciences news briefs (March 01, 2004)
March 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – March 1, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada: 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Isotechnika – FDA agrees to manufacturing plans for ISA247 Isotechnika (Edmonton) announced that the manufacturing process for…
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Researcher awarded Steacie scientific prize for medical genomics work
February 26, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – February 26, 2004 – Dr Stephen Scherer of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto was awarded today the 2003 Steacie Prize in the Natural Sciences for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada.…
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Protein and antibody purification technology the focus of new agreement
February 24, 2004 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – February 24, 2004 – Agribusiness company Syngenta and biotech firm SemBioSys Genetics say they have entered into an agreement giving Syngenta access to SemBioSys’ oilbody-based Stratosome Biologics and StratoCapture purification systems for the development of Syngenta’s biologic…
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Life sciences news briefs (February 24, 2004)
February 24, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 24, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published recently by Industry Canada. 1) PHARMACEUTICALS UPDATE Lorus Therapeutics’ study to investigate GTI-2040 and gemcitabine Lorus Therapeutics (Toronto) announced the initiation of a clinical trial…
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Genomics partnership to develop virus for insect control
February 23, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – February 23, 2004 – Federal forest research and policy development group Great Lakes Forestry Centre and the Ontario Genomics Institute say they are partnering in the development of a virus for the control of an insect that…
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Four new scientific board members for biopharm company
February 20, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – February 20, 2004 – Biopharmaceutical company Forbes Medi-Tech says it has added four scientists in cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome research to its advisory board. The new members are Steven E Nissen, MD, Daniel J Rader, MD, Thomas…
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Life sciences news briefs (February 16, 2004)
February 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 16, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published this week by Industry Canada: 1) PHARMACEUTICALS UPDATE Ecopia cancer drug candidate effective against brain tumour Ecopia BioSciences (Montreal) announced that its lead cancer drug…
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Canada and Spain finance joint grapevine research project
February 16, 2004 by Lab Canada Kelowna, BC – February 16, 2004 – A new large-scale genomics research project that focuses on wine grapes has been announced by Genome British Columbia, Genome Canada and Genome Espana. The C$6.2-million project is jointly funded by Genome Canada and…
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Trio of researchers is developing fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy technology
February 12, 2004 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – February 12, 2004 – Three researchers from diverse fields have joined forces to develop next-generation technology for better understanding the important roles that proteins play in diseases such as cancer. The study’s goal is to develop a…
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Researchers collaborate on yeast mutations discovery
February 10, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC and Toronto, ON – February 10, 2004 – Different combinations of genetic mutations may give rise to diverse human traits, including complex diseases such as schizophrenia, say scientists at the University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal.…
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Rapid tests set to improve Alberta’s BSE testing capacity
February 9, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – February 9, 2004 – With the arrival of its first shipment of rapid tests, Alberta’s provincial government says it has tripled its livestock disease testing ability. Previously, tests for BSE in cattle, Chronic Wasting Disease in elk…
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New executive for Alberta medical research foundation
February 9, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – February 9, 2004 – Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research has appointed Dr Kevin Keough, an internationally renowned scientist and research leader, has been appointed as president and CEO of the organization. He will assume his position…
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Hybrid satellite heralds new era in space-based research
February 6, 2004 by Lab Canada Richmond, BC – February 6, 2004 – Canada will transform the future of space-based data delivery and lead cutting-edge scientific research about space weather with the launch of its first multi-purpose satellite mission, according to the Canadian Space Agency. The…
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Life sciences news briefs (February 06, 2004)
February 6, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 6, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were published by Industry Canada this week. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Labopharm reports results from US phase III studies for Tramadol Labopharm (Laval) reported results from its two…
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Universit de Montral creates the Pfizer chair in atherosclerosis
February 4, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – February 4, 2004 – Universit de Montral has announced the creation of the Pfizer chair in atherosclerosis. This chair will contribute to further research in the promising area of the role of antioxidants and anti-inflammatories in the…
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Laboratory focusses on helping hospital patients make decisions
February 3, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – February 3, 2004 – The Ottawa Hospital Foundation and Bell Canada announced today the official opening of the Bell Patient Decision Support Laboratory – the first in Canada – thanks to a contribution of $500,000 provided by…
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Task force report recommends creation of international centre for infectious diseases in Winnipeg
February 2, 2004 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – February 2, 2004 – A report by a joint federal-Manitoba task force for studying an international centre for infectious diseases task force has released its recommendations for expanding the province’s life sciences and infectious diseases sector. The…
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McGill University Health Centre names new executive director
February 2, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – February 2, 2004 – The board of directors of the McGill University Health Centre has appointed Dr Arthur Porter as executive director. Most recently, from 1999 to 2003, Dr Porter was president and chief executive officer of…
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