3M and White House announced plan to import 166.5 million additional respirators into the U.S. over the next three months
On Apr. 6, 2020, 3M and the White House announced a plan to import 166.5 million respirators over…
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VBI Vaccines announced collaboration with National Research Council of Canada to develop pan-Coronavirus vaccine candidate
On Mar. 31, 2020, VBI Vaccines announced a collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to…
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Quidel received CE Mark for the Lyra SARS-CoV-2 assay, authorizing Quidel to market and sell the assay in Europe
On Mar. 26, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted expanded emergency use authorisation (EUA) for…
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Oxford University launched world’s first COVID-19 government response tracker
On Mar. 25, 2020, University of Oxford researchers announced they had launched the world’s first COVID-19 government response…
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U of A research projects shared $58 million in federal funding
On Mar. 24, 2020, the University of Alberta (U of A) announced that a Public health study was…
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Pilot clinical trial in China to test University of British Columbia researcher’s findings as a targeted therapy for COVID-19
On Feb. 25, 2020, a University of British Columbia (UBC) researcher was part of an international team working…
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Canadian Cancer Trials Group announced IND.234 clinical trial using liquid biopsy technology for prostrate cancer screening
On Nov. 27, 2018, the Canadian Cancer Trials Group, a new clinical trial, opened across Canada. This was…
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Prime Minister Trudeau announced federal funding for the Institute for Advanced Medical Isotopes
On Nov. 13, 2018, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced federal funding for the Institute for Advanced Medical…
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AquAdvantage announced FDA approval of first U.S. facility for commercial production of AquAdvantage Salmon
On Apr. 27, 2018, AquaBounty Technologies announced that it had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug…
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National Research Council of Canada contribution played key role in approved Ebola vaccine
On Mar. 20, 2018, in response to the Ebola outbreak that claimed more than 10,000 lives in West…
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Scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossils located in the Nuvvuagittuq belt in Quebec
On Mar. 2, 2017, scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossilized microorganisms that are…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Disease | HIV | NIH | Therapeutics
HIV research cleared name of ‘Patient Zero,’ Gaetan Dugas
On Oct, 26, 2016, a team of researchers at the University of Arizona and University of Cambridge in…
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The FDA approved AquaBounty Technologies’ application to sell the AquAdvantage genetically engineered salmon
On Nov. 19, 2015, AquaBounty Technologies announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the Company’s…
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International team of scientists sequenced the whole genome of the woolly mammoth
On Apr. 23, 2015, an international collaboration that involved researchers from Sweden, the United States, Canada, and Russia…
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map of genomic and proteomic pathways created by Project Grandiose
On Dec. 11, 2014, Dr. Andras Nagy, from the University of Toronto and leader of Project Grandiose, announced…
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The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health opened
On Feb. 27, 2014, the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH), a partnership between the University of…
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Mountain pine beetle genome was decoded
On Mar. 27, 2013, researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre,…
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Biotechnology | Disease | NIH | Oncology | Therapeutics | Women's Health
Osteoporosis drug shown to be as effective as Tamoxifen in preventing invasive breast cancer
On Apr. 17, 2006, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced initial results of the Study of Tamoxifen and…
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VariZIG became available under an IND Expanded Access Protocol
On Feb. 24, 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was informed by the only U.S.-licensed manufacturer…
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World’s first use of low-dose radioactive palladium ‘seeds’ was used to treat breast cancer patients at the Women’s Research Institute in Toronto
In 2004, the world’s first use of low-dose radioactive palladium ‘seeds’ as used to treat breast cancer patients…
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Biotechnology | CDC | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Michael Smith Genome Science Centre sequenced the SARS genome
On Apr. 14, 2003, researchers at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science Centre in Vancouver announced they had sequenced…
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Biotechnology | Cloning | Diagnostics | Genomics | Neurology | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Researchers led by Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop discovered and cloned two genes related to early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease
On Jun. 29, 1995, researchers led by Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop at the University of Toronto announced they…
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CDC reponded to E. coli Outbreak from Hamburgers in Western United States
On Apr. 16, 1993, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that from November 15, 1992, through…
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Disease | FDA | Medical Device | Therapeutics
Bill Schroeder, the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7 artificial heart, was discharged from the hospital
On Apr. 6, 1985, Bill Schroeder from Jasper, Indiana, the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7 artificial…
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Stanford Medicine researchers Isolated a gene coding for part of the T-cell receptor
On Mar. 8, 1984, two articles describing the cloning of the T-Cell Receptor (TCR) by Tak Wah Mak…
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Philip Seeman reported the discovery of antipsychotic/dopamine receptors, paving the way for new medicines
In 1974, Professor Philip Seeman MD, PhD, DSc FRSC, Order of Canada, an ACNP Member Emeritus reported the…
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Frederick Banting and Charles Best administered insulin from the pancreas’ of dogs proving insulin’s efficacy in treating human diabetes
In 1921, Frederick Banting and Charles Best who extracted the hormone insulin from the pancreas’ of dogs and…
