François-Philippe Champagne announces this year’s NSERC Prize winners; Canada’s contribution to the NASA-led climate science satellite mission; establishing an intercontinental network for quantum communication, and more.
Organization: Genesys Capital
The Short Report – May 26, 2021: Canada’s funding agencies launch interdisciplinary peer review program, Alberta launches medical studies website, and more
Canada’s three research funding agencies have launched the Tri-agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee; Alberta creates a platform to boost clinical trials; Ontario Tech University is designated a collaboration centre by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, and more.
Fusion raises US $25 million for cancer targeting technology
Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc, a spin out of the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC), has secured US$25 million in series ‘A’ financing to support and accelerate development of new next-generation therapeutics that precisely target cancer cells.
Allostera raised $17 million in VC financing
Montreal-based Allostera Pharma Inc has raised $17 million in series ‘A’ financing to develop a new class of drugs based on the firm’s proprietary Module X platform technology. So-called allosteramers use modified peptides with highly specific targets that can be developed rapidly and can be taken orally, which may make them more widely accepted than…