Life Sciences Innovation Fund Mobilizes $19.3 Million to Accelerate Made-in-Ontario Health Innovation
The Ontario government is investing $5 million through the fourth round of the province’s Life Sciences Innovation Fund (LSIF) to help 10 companies develop and launch made-in-Ontario medical technologies.
HHS is first hospital in North America to `filter out’ blood clots
HHS is the first hospital site in North America and most of the world to perform a stroke-prevention procedure that involves placing tiny filters in patients’ carotid arteries at each side of the neck to trap blood clots so they can’t reach the brain.
Stoked Bio announces the closing of seed financing round
Stoked Bio Inc. announces the closing of an oversubscribed $2.5M Seed round to advance pipeline of novel therapeutics for conditions of high unmet medical needs.
NerView Surgical wins Falcons’ Fortunes 2026 for its precise nerve visualization technology making cancer surgeries safer for patients
Mann Parikh, Founder and CEO of NerView Surgical, won the $100,000 Ernsting Entrepreneurship award at FACIT’s Falcons’ Fortunes 2026 pitch competition for the real-time nerve visualization system his team is developing.
‘I want to be able to change lives through research’
This story was originally published for McMaster News on April 27, 2026. Check out the original version here. When she started her bachelor’s degree, Nicole Taís Fröhlich had never left her native Brazil, been on a plane, or studied in an international community. But by the time she was partway through her pharmacy degree at the Federal University […]
Stealth mode: How drug-resistant bacteria evade attack by phages
Researchers at McMaster University have identified the mechanism behind how drug-resistant bacteria evade attack by phages. Read about this new research finding.
Eyes don’t lie: Assistant professor and PhD student launch start-up
Researchers at McMaster University are taking eye-tracking technology from the lab to the market with the launch of their new startup. Read the full story here.
McMaster researcher awarded more than $2M from Weston Family Foundation to advance precision antibiotic for IBD toward human trials
A McMaster University researcher receives $2M+ from the Weston Family Foundation to advance a new precision antibiotic for IBD toward clinical trials.
Innovation Factory names 2026 Synapse Life Science Pitch Competition winners, awarding $85,000+ in cash and prizes
Innovation Factory announced the 2026 Synapse Life Science Pitch Competition Winners, taking home $85,000+ in Cash and Prizes.
Beyond the pilot: the journey to provincial scale via Ontario’s Health Innovation Pathway
Learn how life sciences companies can leverage the Ontario Health Innovation Pathway program to support market adoption of critical solutions.