Insights into the Medtech journey with Inertia and Megalab Group Inc.
Learn how medtech companies can leverage resources for product development from consortium members Inertia and Megalab Group Inc.
iGan Partners leads Seed+ financing for Cosm Medical to advance personalized gynecological devices
Cosm Medical, backed by iGan Partners, is set to advance personalized pelvic health with AI-driven, 3D-printed Gynethotics™ device.
Innovating Treatment for Fungal Nail Infections with ToeFX
Read the Hamilton Health Innovation Checkup recap with ToeFX to learn about their journey and milestones as an innovator from the Hamilton ecosystem.
How femtech companies are tackling gender health gaps while empowering women
Growing a femtech company brings more challenges than successes, but these founders are focused on closing the women’s healthcare gap.
ToeFX reaches milestone of 100 clinics across Canada
ToeFX, a healthtech startup offering a safe, effective treatment for nail fungus (onychomycosis), celebrated reaching a new milestone with their innovative ClearToe Therapy Light, which is now available at over 100 clinics from BC to Newfoundland. ToeFX is a longstanding Forge client and developed a non-invasive, non-toxic, and painless treatment for clinicians to clear up […]
Able Innovations announces $7.5 million to take the pain out of patient transfer
The Toronto-based robotic medical device startup (and Innovation Factory HEALTHI program participant) focuses on the problem of patient transfer—a run-of-the-mill, labour-intensive procedure that usually involves some combination of porters, nurses, and orderlies lifting a patient from point a to point b, sometimes using bed sheets or a slider board. The typical patient transfer process as […]
Two Hamilton innovators win national Arthritis Ideator Awards
Two Hamiltonians were among 4 winners (and eight finalists) in a national competition which provides funding for innovative projects that help people suffering from arthritis. The Arthritis Ideator Program — run by the Arthritis Society — received 21 submissions from innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups across Canada working on solutions to help improve the lives of […]
Bay Area Health Trust supplies Ontario with McMaster Molecular Medium for COVID-19 PCR test kits
Bay Area Health Trust will be supplying Ontario’s provincial labs with its McMaster Molecular Medium (MMM), a molecular transport medium that is a critical component of COVID-19 PCR testing. This is a repeat order of the made-in-Ontario product by the procurement authority representing the Province of Ontario. MMM is on Public Health Ontario’s approved list […]
FendX (out of McMaster) pathogen-repelling wrap earns top prize in global innovation competition
The McMaster engineers who invented a plastic surface that repels bacteria and viruses have earned top prize in a design competition that drew 750 entries from 60 countries around the world. Leyla Soleymani and Tohid Didar, founders of FendX Technologies, led the team that created RepelWrap, have been named grand prize winners in the 2020 […]
VoxNeuro receives Health Canada Class II Medical Device designation
VoxNeuro has received Health Canada Class II Medical Device designation for its proprietary Cognitive Health Assessment Management Platform™ (CHAMP). VoxNeuro will begin rolling out the software as a medical device across its Canadian Test Centers. This news comes hot on the heels of VoxNeuro’s FDA registration for the distribution of CHAMP as a Class II […]