R&D Published on February 18, 2020 A $1.7 million grant for cancer research at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Read more on Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
R&D Published on February 18, 2020 A new study conducted at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and CHU Sainte-Justine could lead to a better diagnosis of pneumonia in children, thereby reducing the unnecessary use of antibiotics when the illness is caused by a virus. Read more on Quotidien Le Soleil
Biotech Published on February 17, 2020 Quebec could contribute to the fight against COVID-19, the coronavirus that currently strikes China. Medicago, a pharmaceutical biotech company based in Quebec City, is considering developing a vaccine to counter the epidemic. Read more on La Presse
Biotech Published on February 12, 2020 The Quebec government is going to grant $6 million to the biotechnology company ExCellThera to prevent it from falling into the clutches of an American fund. The cancer treatment developed by ExCellThera is very attractive to foreign investors. Dr. Guy Sauvageau’s team is multiplying stem cells taken from cord blood and immune cells with his patented molecule UM171 (UM for Université de Montréal) to treat blood diseases Read more on La Presse
Artificial Intelligence Published on February 12, 2020 Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health for Responsible Innovation – Nearly 300 researchers and practitioners attended the international symposium “Responsible Innovation in Digital Health” organized by the Université de Montréal Read more on Université de Montréal (UDEM)
Biotech Pharma Published on February 12, 2020 Liminal BioSciences Announces Scientific Presentations at Upcoming Keystone Symposia Read more on News Wire
Business environment Published on February 10, 2020 Four of the five fastest growing private equity firms in the country are based in Montreal, according to the 2020 edition of a ranking of potential unicorns (high-growth private equity firms worth more than US$1 billion) by a Toronto entrepreneur. Read more on La Presse
R&D Published on February 10, 2020 A hopeful breakthrough involving researchers from the Centre de recherche du CHUM – HIV/AIDS: Antibody therapy yields encouraging results. Read more on Radio-Canada (Health)
R&D Published on February 10, 2020 Experts and researchers from multiple disciplinary backgrounds at the Sherbrooke University have achieved a major breakthrough: developing a new process to detect the presence of legionella bacteria in a few hours, rather than ten days. Read more on Sherbrooke University (UDES)