On October 24th, OBIO's Health Economics Day workshop, hosted in partnership with St. Michael’s Hospital on October 24th, was a great success.

Congratulations to several current and previous OBIO member companies that proudly displayed their cutting edge technologies at the Invictus Games' Accessibility Innovation Showcase. The event featured companies whose technologies help improve the lives o fpeople with disabilities. The Showcase was an official event of the 2017 Invictus Games, and highlighted innovative assistive technologies and devices through interactive exhibits. 

The Invictus Games is an international Paralympic-style multi-sport event, created by Prince Harry of Wales, in which wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and their associated veterans take part in sports.

Check out the three job descriptions and help us connect the right person with these great opportunities. See the full job descriptions below (contact information is included)

1. Business Development Manager-Pharma CMO

2. Bilingual Patient Reimbursement post-Specialty Pharma

3. Early Adopter Hospital Exec-Admin

Several OBIO member companies were featured in the September Issue of Toronto Life, which covered the companies and their founders who are making Toronto the "New Silicon Valley". Among those profiled were Komodo OpenLabs' Tecla-E, which makes it possible for almost everyone to use a smartphone, as well as MediSeen, which aims to bring back the 'house-call' for patients with non-emergency issues.

Two OBIO companies are one step from the finals of this year's Interface Health Challenge X competition, making it into the Top 25 companies: 

On Monday, at Synaptive Medical's Toronto facility, Hon. Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour announced increased funding for the federal government's Student Work-Integrated Learning Program

As part of a federal cabinet shuffle announced on Monday, Canada has a new Minister of Health. In total, six cabinet portfolios changed: Health, Public Services and Procurement, Indigenous Services, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Minister of Veterans Affairs & Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities

OBIO’s H2BB™ program connects business talent from graduate level programs across Ontario with health science companies who need interns to help them address key commercialization goals.

Six OBIO companies have advanced to the semi-final round of this year's Interface Health Challenge X competition, making it into the Top 50 companies

Six OBIO companies have advanced to the Top 60 qualifying round for this year's Interface Health Challenge X competition

Conavi Medical Inc., a medical device company developing minimally invasive imaging technologies, today announced that Mr. Pete Wehrly has been appointed to their Board of Directors.  Pete is the former group president of developed markets at Covidien, the manufacturer of medical devices with sales of over $10.7 billion (2014). 

OBIO® released a report on actionable strategies to establish a world-leading bioscience industry in the province of Ontario.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 19, 2017) – Springboard Enterprises (www.sb.co), a venture catalyst dedicated to promoting high growth potential companies led by women, announced the formation of the Springboard Canadian Advisory Council and its seven Founding Members. The Founding Members are connected influencers, investors, and innovators from the technology and life science sectors across Canada.