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OBIO Member Companies Featured at Invictus Games' Accessibility Innovation Showcase

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.

OBIO Companies Featured in Toronto Life's “Welcome to the new Silicon Valley” Issue

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.

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Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) Leadership Summit Hosts Top Health Science Minds to Define Future of the Industry

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January 24, 2017 TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) hosted a summit of industry, academic, government and investment leaders about the future of health science innovation in Canada. Attendees engaged in group discussions and heard from subject matter experts to extrapolate a mandate of action for anchoring health science companies in Ontario. The outcome of the summit lays a foundation for actionable business cases for private and public sector solutions to the health science industry’s biggest challenges: Innovation Pull, Adoption and Capital Attraction.

OBIO® CEO Gail Garland Selected as Founding Member of Springboard Enterprises Canadian Advisory Council

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.

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OBIO® Launches the Health 2 Business Bridge Program™ H2BB™ Improving Access to Business Trained Talent in Ontario’s Health Science Industry

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Toronto, Ontario, December 6, 2016 – Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®), a not-for-profit, membership based organization, that is Ontario’s leading advocate for the health science industry, hosted its Annual Public Meeting with the theme centered on “Bridging the Access to Talent Gap” at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP yesterday. The OBIO Annual Public Meeting provided a platform to highlight OBIO’s accomplishments made in 2016, upcoming initiatives for 2017 and an opportunity to hear from Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development and Growth, Cristina Martins and Members of the OBIO MPP Health Science Caucus, MPP Shafiq Qaadri and MPP Bill Walker, who welcomed networking with over 60 health science industry professionals.

The evening focused on a vision of collaboration across health science companies and highlighted the supportive partnership that the Province of Ontario has with OBIO.  The evening also marked the launch of the OBIO Health to Business Bridge™ H2BB™ internship program.  OBIO H2BB™ is a program in support of improving access to business trained talent in Ontario’s health science sector, ultimately contributing to a sustainable innovation economy. 

The H2BB™ internship program will combine OBIO’s deep-rooted relationships across academia and industry to develop industry ready talent that strengthens business development capabilities in Ontario’s health science companies, and ultimately amplifies the innovation capability of the province. 

“OBIO’s ongoing dialogue with industry has identified access to industry ready business talent as a challenge for health science companies seeking to scale up and commercialize their technologies. The OBIO H2BB™ Program is intended to benefit all participants, interns and industry companies alike, to facilitate development of our knowledge economy and create leadership that understands emerging technology trends to ultimately achieve multipliers of job creation.”
— Gail Garland, CEO, OBIO

OBIO H2BB™ provides companies with a unique opportunity to access new talent, while assisting with critical business projects.  Interns will rapidly develop knowledge and insight into new and ultimately profitable technologies. 

Program Participation

Participation in OBIO H2BB™ is open to all Ontario companies developing health science products or services, who are interested in hiring a business trained intern to help complete a managerial project for a minimum duration of four-months. Interested companies are encouraged to contact OBIO to discuss their interest. 

About OBIO

The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization engaged in the development of an integrated health innovation economy for Ontario and one that will become a global leader in providing health technology products and services to the international marketplace.  OBIO advances this goal through advocacy, promotion and strategic leadership and via collaborative partnerships with industry, academia, patients and government.

For more information, visit the OBIO website www.obio.ca and follow OBIO on Twitter @OBIOscience.

OBIO Contacts

Eric Dolinar
Program Manager, Health to Business Bridge
ericdolinar@obio.ca
416-848-6839 ext. 107     

Gail Garland
President and Chief Executive Officer, OBIO
gailgarland@obio.ca
416-848-6839 ext. 101