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Diagnostic Chemicals names account manager for Canada
June 7, 2004 by Lab Canada Oxford, Connecticut – June 7, 2004 – Diagnostic Chemicals has named David W Cochrane regional account manager and Canadian account manager. In this dual role, Dave will be responsible for technical sales and marketing in the Southern United States and…
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Toronto cancer hospital launches new research institute
June 2, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – June 2, 2004 – Princess Margaret Hospital is launching a new research institute devoted to breast cancer, and it will be led by one of the country’s most respected and productive scientists. Dr Tak Mak, who has…
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Newport to acquire optical technologies arm of Thermo Electron
June 2, 2004 by Lab Canada Irvine, CA June 2, 2004 Newport Corporation says it has signed a definitive agreement with Thermo Electron to purchase Spectra-Physics for US$300 million, subject to a post-closing net asset adjustment. <br><br>Spectra-Physics represents a large part of Thermo Electron’s optical technologies…
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Biochemist to lead Canada’s nanotechnology institute
June 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – June 1, 2004 – Dr Nils Petersen has been named the new director general of Canada’s flagship nanotechnology research institute, the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) in Edmonton, AB, effective November. “Nils Petersen is uniquely qualified for…
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Canadian and Swedish scientists to collaborate on leading-edge genomics projects
June 1, 2004 by Lab Canada Stockholm, Sweden – June 1, 2004 – Professor Staffan Normark, executive director of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research today announced the approval of six new Swedish genomics and proteomics research projects, totalling an investment of US$2 million. All of…
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Angiotech partner announces sub-population data from its Taxus VI drug-eluting stent trial
May 31, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – May 31, 2004 – Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company that focusses on drug-coated medical devices and biomaterials, says its corporate partner, Boston Scientific announced nine-month sub-population data from its Taxus VI clinical trial. The Taxus technology…
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Cardiome presents to FDA advisory body
May 31, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – May 31, 2004 – Cardiovascular drug development company Cardiome Pharma says it will present information to the FDA Arthritis Drugs Advisory Committee on June 2. The presentation will focus on oxypurinol as a treatment for allopurinol-intolerant gout…
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Oncolytics Biotech starts patient treatment in UK Phase I clinical trial
May 31, 2004 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – May 31, 2004 – Oncolytics Biotech says it has started patient treatment in its UK Phase I clinical trial investigating the systemic delivery of Reolysin as a treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumours. This…
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Altachem Pharma advances ACP-HIP Phase I clinical trial
May 31, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – May 31, 2004 – Altachem Pharma says it completed enrollment of the first group of four patients on May 14, 2004 for the ACP-HIP Phase I clinical trial and confirms its continued focus in advancing the development…
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Avian flu genome sequence provides important new information
May 28, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – May 28, 2004 – The BC Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centre (GSC), the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Animal Health Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (AHC) have worked together to complete the…
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Biotechnology firm enters agreement for value-added specialty oil products
May 28, 2004 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – May 28 – Biotech company SemBioSys Genetics says it has executed a development agreement with Arcadia Biosciences to co-develop value-added specialty oil products with potential nutraceutical applications. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, SemBioSys will use…
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Tm Bioscience adds leading infectious disease expert to board
May 28, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – May 28, 2004 – DNA-based diagnostic testing developer Tm Bioscience says it has appointed Dr James Mahony to its scientific advisory board, effective immediately. “Dr Mahony is a world leader in developing testing methodology for virology and…
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Imperial Oil donates $650,000 to university research
May 26, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – May 26, 2004 – Imperial Oil has donated $650,000 to fund research projects at Canadian universities as part of a program that has been maintained continuously for over 50 years. Over the last five years alone, the…
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Founder of Beckman Instruments dies at age 104
May 25, 2004 by Lab Canada Fullerton, CA – May 25, 2004 – Arnold Orville Beckman, PhD, founder and chairman emeritus of Beckman Instruments (now known as Beckman Coulter) died last week at age 104. He was born the son of a blacksmith on April 10,…
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Stellar International moves its manufacturing to Dalton Chemicals Laboratories
May 25, 2004 by Lab Canada London, ON – May 25, 2004 – Pharmaceutical developer Stellar International says it has signed agreements with privately owned Toronto-based Dalton Chemical Laboratories to manufacture its NeoVisc and Uracyst products. The company plans to move the manufacturing process for the…
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Supreme Court decides in favour of Monsanto in seed patent case
May 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – May 21, 2004 – The biotechnology industry today is applauding a Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Monsanto vs Percy Schmeiser case supporting intellectual property protection in Canada. The seed which is the subject of Monsanto’s…
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Investment firm acquires life-science tools provider ESA
May 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Wellesley & Chelmsford, MA – May 21, 2004 – Private equity investment firm Ampersand Ventures says it has acquired privately owned ESA, a global supplier of analytical instruments and kits for the biomedical research, drug discovery and clinical diagnostic markets.…
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$1M funding for study to assess health effects of air pollution
May 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON & Vancouver, BC – May 21, 2004 – The federal government is allocating $1 million over the next year to fund research on the human health impacts of air pollution in support of the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound international…
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Physicists entangle light, pave way to atomic-scale measurements
May 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – May 21, 2004 – U of T physicists have developed a way to entangle photons that could ultimately lead to an extremely precise new measurement system. Their study appears in the May 13 issue of the journal…
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Ontario funding to encourage commercialization of research
May 19, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – May 19, 2004 – The Ontario government’s new budget, announced yesterday, includes some initiatives to fund costs associated with bringing scientific discoveries from publicly funded research institutions to market. The initiatives include: – providing $27 million through…
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Life sciences news briefs (May 18, 2004)
May 18, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – May 18, 2004 – The following life sciences news briefs were recently published by Industry Canada. 1) Pharmaceuticals Update Vasogen’s VP025 reduces brain injury in preclinical model Vasogen (Mississauga) announced that preclinical findings demonstrating the ability of…
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Details of new public health agency are unveiled
May 17, 2004 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – May 17, 2004 – Dr Carolyn Bennett, minister of state for public health, has announced details of the new Public Health Agency of Canada. The agency will have two main pillars, Winnipeg and Ottawa, and will work…
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Major international tenants give boost to Toronto R&D hub
May 17, 2004 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – May 17, 2004 – MaRS (Medical and Related Sciences Discovery District) has announced what it says is a big step toward its goal of establishing Toronto as a leading global centre of bioscience commerce, with the addition…
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Hydro-Qubec donates $12 million to Laval University
May 14, 2004 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – May 13, 2004 – Hydro-Qubec has donated $12 million to Laval University. The donation, to be used to found the Institut Hydro-Qubec en environnement, dveloppement et socit, will be paid out over the next ten years…
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Four research chairs at McMaster University receive $2.8M from NSERC
May 13, 2004 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – May 13, 2004 – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) is providing over $2.8 million for four industrial research chairs at McMaster University’s Faculty of Engineering. The four industrial research chairs are: – The…
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CIHR draws internationally renowned health researchers to Canada
May 13, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – May 13 2004 – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), says that eight internationally acclaimed health researchers have been recruited to Canada as a result of CIHR’s institutional establishment grant (IEG) program. This program aims to…
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$33.3M donation for quantum computing research
May 12, 2004 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – May 12, 2004 – A $33.3-million gift from Ophelia and Mike Lazaridis will help create a world-class centre for quantum-related research and teaching at the University of Waterloo. The announcement immediately followed the fulfillment of an earlier…
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Carl Zeiss rolls electron beam technology business under corporate banner
May 11, 2004 by Lab Canada Oberkochen, Germany – May 11, 2004 – Carl Zeiss SMT has incorporated its electron beam technology business, formerly marketed under the LEO brand, into its corporate organization. LEO will become the new nanotechnology systems division of the company, operating under…
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BioEnvelop issues manufacturing licence in Pacific Rim
May 11, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – May 11, 2004 – Biodegradable coatings developer BioEnvelop Technologies says it has signed a manufacturing licence agreement with Mitsubishi-Kagaku Foods of Tokyo, Japan. The licence allows Mitsubishi-Kagaku to manufacture, use, distribute, promote and sell protein-based biocoating products…
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AlphaRx appoints clinical and regulatory expert to chair scientific advisory board
May 11, 2004 by Lab Canada Markham, ON – May 11, 2004 – AlphaRx says it has appointed Dr Guy Ely to chair its scientific advisory board. Dr Guy Ely, a clinical and regulatory expert with significant experience in developing new drugs, will advise the company…
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Monsanto deferring development of genetically engineered wheat
May 10, 2004 by Lab Canada St Louis, MO – May 10, 2004 – Agricultural products developer Monsanto says it is discontinuing its breeding and field level research of genetically engineered Roundup Ready wheat, until such time that other wheat biotechnology traits are introduced. Instead, it…
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