Biotech Published on April 30, 2020 Vaccine candidate to prevent COVID-19: Fonds de solidarité FTQ to invest $7.5 million in IMV. Read more on News Wire
Business environment Published on April 30, 2020 The Next Chapter in the COVID Story: A new global economy where knowledge becomes our most precious national resource. Read more on News Wire
Medtech Published on April 30, 2020 The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) will conduct the first-ever evaluation of a UV disinfection robot in Canada. Read more on La Presse
Artificial Intelligence Published on April 30, 2020 Mila’s Scientific Director and Université de Montréal computer science professor Yoshua Bengio has been elected to the Royal Society, one of 62 exceptional scientists newly voted into the prestigious British fellowship. Read more on Mila
Business environment Published on April 27, 2020 Quebec is beginning its deconfinement process to get a large part of its economy back on track and thus put an end to the recession. With its knowledge-based SMEs, science and research are part of the solution to a sustainable economic recovery. Read more on Le Soleil
Business environment Published on April 27, 2020 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. and Sandoz Canada Inc. announced that $500,000 will be given to community and patient groups as part of the companies’ newly created Community Strong COVID-19 response program. Read more on News Wire
Artificial Intelligence Published on April 27, 2020 Mila’s scientific director, Yoshua Bengio, a leading expert in artificial intelligence in Quebec, is working on an application that could be used to measure risk during a pandemic. Read more on Le Journal de Montréal
Medtech Published on April 22, 2020 Medicom Announces Montreal as Location of New Canadian Mask Production Facility. Read more on News Wire
Genomic & data Published on April 22, 2020 A Quebec biobank to better fight against COVID-19 is collecting blood samples from people who have been tested for COVID-19 for more than a month. Read more on Le Devoir