Ontario's Health Technologies Fund now accepting applications
July 4, 2016, TORONTO - Ontario's $20 million Health Technologies Fund (HTF) is open for business.
Announced in May by William Charnetski, Ontario's Chief Health Innovation Strategist, the Fund will support the development of leading, market-ready, made-in-Ontario health technologies by accelerating prototyping, evaluation, adoption and diffusion in the Ontario health care sector.
Sernova Increases Private Placement to $4,200,000
June 29, 2016, London ON – Sernova Corp. (“Sernova” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: SVA) (OTCQB: SEOVF) (FSE: PSH) is pleased to announce that it is increasing its non-brokered private placement to $4,200,000, equal to 16,800,000 units (the “Units”) at $0.25 per Unit, to accommodate additional over-subscriptions (see news releases dated June 27, 2016 and June 21, 2016 for further information about the private placement).
Sernova Announces $2,000,000 First Closing of Private Placement - Due to Oversubscription, Offering Increased to $3,750,000
June 27, 2016 LONDON, ONTARIO Sernova Corp. (“Sernova” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: SVA) (OTCQB: SEOVF) (FSE: PSH) is pleased to announce that it is closing today $2,000,000 of its non-brokered private placement announced on June 21, 2016. In addition, as the Company has received over-subscriptions of $1,650,000, it is increasing the total amount of the non-brokered private placement offering to $3,750,000 for a total offering of 15,000,000 units (the “Units”) at $0.25 per Unit. The Company plans to close the balance of the placement, Thursday, June 30th, 2016.
RESI Toronto Receives Two Thumbs Up
June 24, 2016 This year Toronto hosted the inaugural RESI conference on June 23, bringing together hundreds of companies and investors from across the globe in areas of biotech, digital health, medical devices and consumer health.
OBIO Launches Report in the Nation’s Capital
Ottawa, Ontario – June 21, 2016: Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) today initiated the Eastern leg of its Provincewide Tour in Ottawa to promote their recently released report “How Canada Should be Engaging in a $9 Trillion Dollar Health Economy”.
Sernova Announces Non-brokered Private Placement - Net proceeds to fund collaborations and a US-based clinical trial
June 21, 2016 LONDON, ONTARIO – Sernova Corp. (“Sernova” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: SVA) (OTCQB: SEOVF) (FSE: PSH) announced today that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $2,000,000. The private placement consists of 8,000,000 units (the “Units”) at a price of $0.25 per Unit.
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters Article: Valeant manufacturing expansion a Canadian reshoring success
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters congratulates Valeant Canada on its $27.5 million commitment to expand manufacturing operations in Canada.
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OBIO's Dr. Klaus Fiebig, Senior Director of Strategic Programs, Chosen as Moderater at 2016 MedEdge Summit
June 14, 2016 - OBIO's own Dr. Klaus Fiebig, Senior Director of Strategic Programs, was asked to moderate at this years MedEdge Summit hosted in Richmond Hill.
OBIO CAAP Company: Anges Québec members contribute to $530,000 investment in Ovensa
June 8th, 2016 Montreal – Today Anges Québec announced its members are taking a stake in Ovensa,
a biotechnology company. Members of Anges Québec and Aligo Innovation are joining with private investors to inject $530,000 into this Ontario firm, whose new technology delivers therapeutic molecules through oral administration to targeted human tissue, including the brain—a major medical advance.
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OBIO Launches Provincewide Report Tour - First Stop: Silicon Valley North
June 8, 2016. Kitchener. Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) today initiated the first leg of its Provincewide Tour to promote their recently released report “How Canada Should be Engaging in a $9 Trillion Dollar Health Economy”.
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OBIO CAAP Companies: Highlighted on the Marilyn Denis Show
June 2, 2016 OBIO CAAP companies Eve Medical, Myndtec, and Chipcare were featured on the Marilyn Denis Show this week in a segment focused on Canadian Medical Innovation.
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CAAP Company: MEDELLA HEALTH Raises $1.4 MILLION
June 2, 2016 Harry Gandhi is the co-founder of Medella Health, a Waterloo-based company developing a smart contact lens that continuously monitors glucose levels (with the information transmitted to a mobile device), is hoping that its contact lens will change the way we approach the disease. The company has raised $1.4 million in funding from 1517 Fund, Fifty Years Fund, Garage Capital, and BDC Capital.
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OBIO CAAP Company: Perimeter Medical Imaging Receives FDA Clearance for OTIS Optical Tissue Imaging System
May 24, 2016 TORONTO Perimeter Medical Imaging, Inc., an innovative medical imaging company whose mission is to revolutionize tissue removal surgery for surgeons and patients, today announced receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its OTISTM 1.0 Optical Coherence Tomography System.
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SCIENION inks Joint Development and Marketing pact with AXELA
Berlin, Germany, and Toronto, Canada, MAY 24, 2016: SCIENION AG, a developer of a revolutionary new ultra-low volume liquid handling technology, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic, joint development agreement with AXELA Inc.
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Johnson & Johnson Innovation Opens JLABS @ Toronto
TORONTO, May 11, 2016 Johnson & Johnson Innovation announced the opening of JLABS @ Toronto, a new 40,000-square-foot life sciences incubator, providing entrepreneurs shared lab space and offices, modular lab suites and access to scientific, industry and capital funding experts as they work to build important and successful early-stage companies.
OBIO Hosts Annual Celebration of the Health Sciences Industry in Canada
Toronto, Ontario – May 5, 2016: Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) welcomed a prestigious group of investors, companies, MPPs and industry supporters to an intimate dinner on May 3 2016 in celebration of Canada’s health science industry. The event was supported by Torys LLP and by Bloom Burton & Co.
OBIO Launches Report on Building Canada’s Health Science Industry of the Future
Toronto, Ontario – April 29, 2016: Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) today released its report “How Canada Should be Engaging in a $9 Trillion Dollar Health Economy”. The report is the output of interviews and surveys of 125 CEOs of Canada’s health science companies looking at the future of the global industry and opportunities for Ontario and Canada.
OBIO Welcomes 12 New Bioscience Companies into the OBIO CAAP Program
Toronto, Ontario - April 19, 2016: The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) kicked off its 2016 Capital Access Advisory Program (CAAP®) on April 13, hosted at sponsor Norton Rose Fulbright, Toronto.
ImmunoBiochem Corporation partners with the CCAB at the U of T to advance new Antibody Drug Conjugates
April 18, 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada ImmunoBiochem Corporation, a Canadian biopharmaceutical company developing novel Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs), and the Centre for the Commercialization of Antibodies and Biologics (CCAB) have partnered to develop new therapeutics for the treatment of breast cancer and other solid tumors.
OBIO brings Innovation in Action to Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario – April 11, 2016: Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) hosted its annual Queen’s Park Advocacy Day on April 5, attracting an impressive 150 attendees including 50 elected officials.