On May 11, 2020, a University of Alberta-initiated institute leads province wide effort to fill the looming shortage of drugs that are vital in the fight against COVID-19. Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API)ﾗa not-for-profit institute housed within the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences to help commercialize pharmaceuticalsﾗis co-ordinating labs across the Edmonton region to manufacture the drugs needed to put people on a ventilator.