Ottawa, January 13, 2021 – The Conference Board of Canada is pleased to be undertaking new research that will explore the factors that lead to success for early stage technology companies. Specifically, the research aims to understand whether women and …
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Bardy Diagnostics to be acquired by Hillrom
Hillrom (NYSE: HRC) today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. (BardyDx), an innovator in digital health and a leading provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, Hillrom will purchase BardyDx …
Grading Canada’s Health and Innovation Response to COVID-19
As we come to the end of 2020 with the first vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna now approved by the FDA and Health Canada, it seems like an appropriate time to reflect on how Canada has responded to the COVID-19 …
Lumira co-leads $12.8 Million raise in Cyrano Therapeutics
Cyrano Therapeutics, a clinical stage regenerative medicine company developing a novel intranasal therapy for smell and flavor restoration, has raised $12.8 million in a Series A financing led by Remiges Ventures and Lumira Ventures, with the participation of additional investors. …
enGene Receives Fast Track Designation for EG-70 for the Treatment of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
enGene Inc., A biotechnology company developing non-viral gene therapies for local administration into mucosal tissues enabled by its proprietary DDX platform, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation to enGene for EG-70, the company’s lead …
Lumira Ventures Appoints Special Advisors and Venture Partner
Veteran Pharmaceutical Industry Executives Will Advise Portfolio Companies and Investment Team TORONTO, November 18, 2020 – Lumira Ventures, a leading North American healthcare venture capital firm, today announced the appointment of Theodore Witek, Jr., DrPH, MBA and Daniel Billen, PhD …
Bristol Myers Squibb Enters Agreement to Acquire Forbius, Adding Lead TGF-beta Asset to Portfolio
Forbius’s Lead TGF-beta Asset, AVID200, is an Isoform-Selective TGF-beta Inhibitor, Currently in Phase 1 for Oncology and Fibrosis NEW YORK & MONTREAL– Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Forbius, a privately held, clinical-stage protein engineering company that designs and develops …