CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Clinic and IBM have announced a 10-year partnership to establish the Discovery Accelerator, a joint Cleveland Clinic – IBM center with the mission of fundamentally advancing the pace of discovery in healthcare and life sciences through the use of high performance computing on the hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing technologies.
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A cancer-free world – that’s the ambitious mission of BC Cancer. Based in Vancouver, the agency conducts leading-edge cancer prevention, screening, research, and treatment.
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MELVILLE, N.Y. – Nikon Instruments Inc., innovator of advanced microscope systems, has announced the inauguration of the Centre of Excellence located at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) of Sinai Health in Toronto.
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OTTAWA – The Ottawa Hospital’s Biotherapeutics Manufacturing Centre (BMC) plans to manufacture three COVID-19 vaccines for human clinical trials, filling a critical gap in Canada’s vaccine manufacturing capacity. “If we’re going to vaccinate every person in Canada and around the world, we need more vaccines, more research and more manufacturing capacity,” said Dr. Duncan Stewart (pictured), executive vice-president of research at The Ottawa Hospital and professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa.
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OTTAWA – The government of Canada has announced more than $518 million in research infrastructure funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The funding will support 102 state-of-the-art projects at 35 post-secondary institutions and research hospitals across the country – including healthcare I.T. projects.
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TORONTO – University Health Network cardiologist Dr. Heather Ross (pictured) has launched a new clinical study, in collaboration with Apple, to test if remote monitoring with an Apple Watch can help with early identification of worsening heart failure.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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