Innovation Factory Receives $6M in FedDev Ontario Funding to Support Commercialization of High-Potential Life Science Innovators

Funding supports acceleration of ‘made-in-Canada’ life science solutions amidst global pandemic HAMILTON, ON, March 30, 2021 – Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, announced a $6 million investment through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to accelerate the commercialization of life science innovations in southern […]
Hamilton life sciences accelerator awarded $6 million in federal funding

Hamilton’s biotech and health sciences accelerators will be getting a funding boost to support local innovation through a $6 million investment by FedDev Ontario.
JETRO Discover Life Sciences Canada Series (Hamilton, Ontario)

The Discover Life Science Canada Webinar Series was created by JETRO Toronto and Shonan iPark to introduce innovation from Canadian Life Science companies to global Japanese corporations, and to help facilitate business relationships between them. The third webinar in the series ”Discover Life Science Canada”, co-hosted with Shonan iPark in Japan, focuses on the ecosystem in Hamilton, and features startups Triumvira […]
Juravinski hospital lab on Hamilton Mountain plays key role in groundbreaking gene therapy

The stem cell laboratory at the Juravinski hospital is getting some international recognition. Nature Communications, an international access journal that features high-quality scientific research, has published the findings of a Canadian research team that used gene therapy to help people suffering from Fabry disease. That includes the key role played by the Hamilton Health Sciences […]
Hamilton-based Fero International Featured in Toronto Life

Sabrina Fiorellino left her construction company during the pandemic to build modular hospital units so hospitals wouldn’t have to postpone procedures during the pandemic. Here’s how she did it. —As told to Isabel B. Slone “Pre-pandemic, I was focused on growing my construction company, which I founded with some partners in 2016. But I kept […]