Organization: US Food and Drug Administration

The Short Report – November 30, 2022: Canada’s first space-tech law group; Mitacs innovation awards; funding Canada’s climate adaptation strategy; updating Canada’s code development system, and more

Corporate law firm aims to fill a gap in Canada’s growing space tech industry; Mitacs recognizes innovation, leadership and commercialization at Ottawa awards ceremony; Environment and Climate Change Canada earmarks $1.6 billion in Canada’s first national climate adaptation strategy; a new model for the National Model Codes development system, and more.

Canada, US agree to share food safety information, collaborate on research

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) to share food safety information and collaborate on research projects.  Signed at the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition campus in College Park, Maryland, the MOU seeks to expedite the sharing of information on…

Inex cuts workforce, reduces burn rate

Inex Pharmaceuticals Corp, Vancouver, is slashing its workforce and cutting back on its planned pipeline activities following the rejection by US regulatory authorities of its application for accelerated approval of Marqibo, the firm’s lead anticancer drug. The Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee of the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously against accelerated approval for Marqibo,…