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Canadian clinical trial underway to study colorectal cancer therapeutic vaccine

February 6, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON — February 6, 2003 A clinical trial to evaluate the use of a therapeutic cancer vaccine in patients with Stage III colorectal cancer is now underway across Canada, according to study sponsor Aventis Pasteur. This trial complements another…
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New head of worldwide development for GlaxoSmithKline

February 6, 2003 by Lab Canada London, UK — February 6, 2003 — GlaxoSmithKline announced the appointment of Ronald Krall, MD, as senior vice president, Worldwide Development, Research & Development, effective February 19. Krall will have global responsibility at GSK for clinical development, medical affairs and…
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Panel of advisors to guide Agilent on life sciences strategies

February 5, 2003 by Lab Canada Palo Alto, CA — February 5, 2003 — Agilent Technologies has formed a Life Sciences Strategy Advisory Board to provide strategic advice about industry partnering and investment opportunities, emerging technologies, trends and business models. The first four members of the…
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Satellite mission planned to monitor Canadian resources and environment

February 5, 2003 by Lab Canada Richmond, BC — February 5, 2003 — MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has been chosen by the Canadian Space Agency to design an Earth observation satellite mission that will use hyperspectral technology. The new mission will use special cameras to measure…
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Biotechs combine expertise to develop non-viral gene therapies

February 5, 2003 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC/Rockville, MD — February 5, 2003 — Pulmonary disease treatment is the target of a new collaborative and licensing agreement between biotech firms Northern Therapeutics and MaxCyte. Northern Therapeutics has developed a cell-based gene therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension…
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Biopharm company to collaborate with proteomics research lab

February 4, 2003 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB — February 4, 2003 — Biopharmaceutical company, Miraculins Inc, has signed a research agreement with the University of Manitoba to use its internationally recognized time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry laboratory. The work will be conducted under the direction of…
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Acquisition to further research in bioactive devices and implants

February 4, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC — February 4, 2003 — Angiotech Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday that it has completed its acquisition of Cohesion Technologies, a biomaterial and biosurgical company. “The Cohesion acquisition builds out our internal capabilities handsomely by bringing in several polymers with…
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Photonics research projects sought for funding

February 3, 2003 by Lab Canada Quebec, QC — February 3, 2003 A total of C$4.4 million in research funding is available from the Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI), and the institute is seeking proposals for research projects for fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05. CIPI…
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World demand steady for laboratory analytical instruments

January 31, 2003 by Lab Canada San Jose, California– January 31, 2003 — New research shows that the laboratory analytical instrumentation market generated revenues worth US$8.82 billion in 2002 and is expected to reach US$12.03 billion in 2008. The analysis was conducted by Frost & Sullivan…
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Water usage technology for pulp mills being developed by Alberta Research Council

January 30, 2003 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB — January 30, 2003 — Alberta Research Council (ARC) has joined forces with Varian, Inc. to commercialize new technology to improve water usage in the pulp and paper manufacturing process. ARC will manufacture and market the thermal colloid…
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New 3-D design centre will facilitate future drug research

January 29, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON — Jan. 29, 2003 The University of Toronto’s Molecular Design and Information Technology Centre (MDIT), which uses state-of-the-art supercomputer and software to generate 3-D images for drug research, celebrated its official opening yesterday. The $7.3 million supercomputing and…
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High-speed network to facilitate research in Ontario

January 28, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON — January 28, 2003 — A plan to create an Ontario-wide, high-speed, fibre-optic-based research network called the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) has been unveiled by the Ontario government. When fully operational, network connection points in…
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Funding to boost leading-edge research at Lakehead University

January 27, 2003 by Lab Canada Thunder Bay, ON — January 27, 2003 — The Ontario government will make a $1.3-million investment in research and development at Lakehead University, Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation Jim Flaherty has announced. The investment will support 10 research projects…
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National Research Council demonstrates new spintronic transistor

January 24, 2003 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON — January 24, 2003 — Researchers at National Research Council’s Institute for Microstructural Sciences (NRC-IMS) recently announced they have developed a spintronic transistor, a nanoscale device that could revolutionize the storage and transmission of information. Spintronics is a…
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US$2.75 million awards program supports hemophilia research

January 22, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON — January 22, 2003 — The early selection process is underway for a new awards program recently announced by Bayer Biological Products. The Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program is a US$2.75 million annual grant initiative to fund hemophilia research…
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Neuroscientist named as winner of this year’s Barbara Turnbull Award

January 21, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON — January 21, 2003 — Dr. David Kaplan, one of Canada’s outstanding neuroscientists based at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, has been named the 2002 recipient of the Barbara Turnbull Award. Dr. Kaplan received the award on January…
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Alliance formed to develop fully human antibody therapeutics

January 21, 2003 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC and Princeton, NJ — January 21, 2003 — Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX) and Ability Biomedical Corporation, a privately held Canadian biotechnology company, recently announced a collaboration for the development of fully human antibody therapeutics to inflammation and autoimmune…
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Boost in Canadian presence for Mettler Toledo

January 17, 2003 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON — January 17, 2003 — Mettler Toledo, manufacturer and supplier of precision weighing and measuring products and services, has increased its presence in Canada with a recent move into new, larger facilities in Mississauga, Ontario. The expanded location…
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University of Guelph receives equipment gift for molecular biology and genetics lab

January 16, 2003 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON — January 16, 2003 — The University of Guelph’s College of Biological Science has received a donation of $425,000 worth of equipment from Agilent Technologies Canada. The equipment a bioanalyzer, two UV-visible spectrophotometers, a capillary electrophoresis instrument, a…
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3-D micro-design challenge gets kick-off

January 15, 2003 by Lab Canada Burbank, CA — January 15, 2003 — California-based MEMGen Corporation has launched what it says is the world’s first micro-device design contest. The 3-D MEMS Design Challenge is made possible by the company’s micro-manufacturing technology, which allows micro-devices to be…
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Distributor signed for genetic diagnostic practice

January 15, 2003 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON — January 15, 2003 — Benetech Inc, and Shire Management Services have signed a contract making Benetech the North American representative for the Shire Genetic Software. Benetech will be performing sales and marketing activities for the Shire system,…
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Medal recognizes top-level health research journalism (January 14, 2003)

January 14, 2003 by Lab Canada A new award recognizes the pivotal role journalists play in raising public awareness of health research in Canada. The Aventis Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism was recently unveiled by Canadians for Health Research and Aventis Pasteur, and…
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Medal recognizes top-level health research journalism (January 14, 2003)

January 14, 2003 by Lab Canada A new award recognizes the pivotal role journalists play in raising public awareness of health research in Canada. The Aventis Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism was recently unveiled by Canadians for Health Research and Aventis Pasteur, and…
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Medal recognizes top-level health research journalism (January 14, 2003)

January 14, 2003 by Lab Canada A new award recognizes the pivotal role journalists play in raising public awareness of health research in Canada. The Aventis Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism was recently unveiled by Canadians for Health Research and Aventis Pasteur, and…
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Medal recognizes top-level health research journalism (January 14, 2003)

January 14, 2003 by Lab Canada A new award recognizes the pivotal role journalists play in raising public awareness of health research in Canada. The Aventis Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism was recently unveiled by Canadians for Health Research and Aventis Pasteur, and…