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The Toronto-Waterloo corridor, explained
On January 13th, the Globe and Mail published an info-graphic outlining the Toronto-Waterloo high-tech corridor, which encompasses 4 urban clusters including Hamilton and represents 15,000 companies employing over a quarter million workers. To see the full graphic in the Globe and Mail, click here
Stealth Medical Device Startup Mariner Endosurgery Completes First Round of Funding
Mariner Endosurgery, an innovative Canadian medical device company announced today the recent completion of an investment round led by several prominent medical device investors and leading laparoscopic surgeons from the Toronto – Hamilton area. “We are very pleased with the strategic investors now on board with Mariner…
Mac research centres get $10 million in government funding
Two cutting-edge McMaster-based institutes have received a combined $10 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy is getting $3.75 million over five years, to maintain its state-of-the-art equipment. The Canadian Research Data Centre Network, which has 27 research data centres across the…
$3.2-million radiology centre opens at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
A generous act of health-care philanthropy has allowed St. Joseph’s Healthcare to purchase state-of-the-art ultrasound and angiography machines as well as an air-handling unit that supplies surgical-grade quality air to prevent the spread of airborne diseases. More than 4,000 radiology procedures are expected to be performed at the…
Canadian researchers encourage intensive care patients to pedal towards recovery
St. Josehp's Healthcare experimental project, named TryCycle, has been highlighted in CTV News.
Ottawa wants to gamble on innovation, but is it ready to roll the dice?
Campbell Clark writes about how through the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, the government will encourage the creation of consortiums of companies, academic institutions and other organizations to put forward proposals for clusters. In the last budget, $800-million was set aside, and in the next few months Ottawa…
Health research is improving lives today and for the future
Health research is improving lives today and for the future: Too often, we view research as something that happens behind closed doors in laboratories, or as something that takes decades to improve patients' lives. This perception needs to change. Research is not only about unlocking new possibilities for tomorrow's patients; it is also about…
Cellectar Biosciences Announces Partnership with Radiopharmaceutical Specialists, CPDC, to Establish Manufacturing Capacity
Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLRB) (the “company”), an American-based oncology-focused, clinical stage biotechnology company, today announced it has selected Hamilton, Ontario-based Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC), a well-respected GMP manufacturing organization specializing in radiopharmaceuticals, as a…
Innovation Showcase highlights growing impact of student-entrepreneurs
Innovation Showcase highlights growing impact of student-entrepreneurs