Research & Development

LAVAL, QC – Roche Diagnostics, a division of Hoffmann-La Roche Limited, is pleased to announce that a new Software Development Hub will be housed at the Roche Diagnostics Canadian Head Office, located in the Cité de la Biotech in Laval, Quebec. Read More

TORONTO and SINGAPORE – The KITE Research Institute at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (part of the University Health Network) and Fourier Intelligence have formed a global partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The two parties are pleased to announce they have entered an alliance to expand KITE’s robotics research and education capabilities, including establishment of a new world-class Rehab Robotics Centre with Fourier’s next-gen RehabHub and support from its network of researchers. A virtual signing event took place on Dec. 16. Read More

TORONTO – Research Infosource Inc. has published its annual rankings of the leading research hospitals in Canada, titled “Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals.” Once again, the University Health Network in Toronto leads the list, with research investment of $408.3 million in fiscal year 2019, up 12.5% over the previous year, followed by the Hospital for Sick Children, Hamilton Health Sciences and the McGill University Health Centre. Read More

SURREY, BC and SAINT JOHN, NB – The University of New Brunswick (UNB), Opportunities New Brunswick (ONB) and Lark Group, of Surrey, BC have signed a letter of intent to create the Health and Technology District Saint John. Through this joint public-private-academic initiative, Saint John is poised to become the leading hub for digital health in Atlantic Canada. Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Roche Canada) has established the Roche AI Centre of Excellence (CoE), the first such collaborative centre to combine the expertise of all three national AI institutes under the CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy – Amii, Mila and the Vector Institute. Read More

LONDON, Ont. – Fanshawe College’s Centre for Research and Innovation has developed a safe, rapid and inexpensive method to identify the effectiveness of potential COVID-19 drug treatments. Principal investigator Abdulla Mahboob (pictured), PhD in biotechnology with experience in the biochemistry of RNA viruses, has developed artificial copies of the SARS-COV-2 virus called ‘replicons’ that can be transferred into mammalian cells. Read More

TORONTO – Apple announced that it will collaborate with investigators at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at the University Health Network, one of the largest health research organizations in North America, to better understand how blood oxygen measurements and other Apple Watch metrics can help with management of heart failure. Read More

TORONTO – Sunnybrook Health Sciences is pleased to announce an anonymous gift of $10 million that will launch The Dr. Sandra Black Centre for Brain Resilience & Recovery at the hospital. The centre is named in honour of renowned Sunnybrook neurologist Dr. Sandra Black (pictured), whose vast contributions to the field of brain health and tremendous ability as a physician inspired the donor to make a lead investment. Read More

TORONTO – The U.S.-based Alzheimer’s Association has awarded a $1.1 million research grant to Sunnybrook Hospital’s Dr. Krista Lanctôt (pictured), a senior scientist. The award is from the Part the Cloud-Gates Partnership Grant Program, partly sponsored by philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates. Read More

TORONTO – The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) introduced its latest cohort of 2020 ONtrepreneurs – recipients of Canada’s single largest award for early-stage neurotech entrepreneurs. The award will help accelerate the commercialization of their technology through access to funding, resources, and mentorship. Read More