Life Sciences Ontario

17 Feb: Accel-Rx/BDC make second portfolio investment in ScarX Therapeutics

Company completing Phase 1 human clinical trial of drug to prevent dermal scarring VANCOUVER (February 16, 2016) — Accel-Rx Health Sciences Accelerator (Accel-Rx), a Centre of Excellence for the Commercialization of Research (CECR), and its partner BDC Capital today announced their second joint investment in ScarX Therapeutics, a Canadian biotechnology…

13 Jan: GE Healthcare, FedDev Ontario Commit CAD $40M for New CCRM – Led Centre to Solve Cell Therapy Manufacturing Challenges

New centre for advanced therapeutic cell technologies will accelerate development andaccessibility of cell manufacturing technologies Chalfont St. Giles, UK and Toronto, Canada – 13 January 2016 – GE Healthcare, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), and the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) are building…

11 Jan: Ministers of International Trade and Small Business and Tourism announce new export program for Canadian companies

January 5, 2016 – Kitchener, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, and the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism, today announced CanExport, a new program that will provide $50 million to help Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises take advantage of global…