| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|
AIVITA Biomedical is a privately held company engaged in the advancement of commercial and clinical-stage programs utilizing curative and regenerative medicines.
Labquip Ltd is a Woodbridge, ON-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies aims to disrupt the paradigm of biological analysis. Our technology and commercial model has already opened up DNA analysis to researchers who previously had no direct access to sequencing technologies, freeing them up to perform analyses in their own labs, in real time or in the field. Over time, the technology will continue to improve, new form factors of the technology will be introduced and workflows will be further simplified by new preparation techniques or analysis workflows. This technology pathway is designed to enable the analysis of any living thing, by any person, in any environment. Oxford Nanopore has developed the worlds first and only nanopore DNA sequencer, the MinION. The MinION is a portable, real time, long-read, low cost device that has been designed to bring easy biological analyses to anyone, whether in scientific research, education or a range of real world applications such as disease/pathogen surveillance, environmental monitoring, food chain surveillance, self-quantification or even microgravity biology. Commercially available since 2015, the MinION is in use by a thriving community of scientists in >50 countries, where it is enabling myriad applications within the traditional laboratory environment and in the field. Nanopore sensing technology is fully scalable. The GridION X5 is a desktop device that includes compute module and the ability to run up to five MinION Flow Cells. The the high-throughput/sample number PromethION is currently being released in the PromethION Early Access Programme (PEAP). Oxford Nanopore is focused on making DNA based analyses easy enough for any user and so we are working to simplify the sample preparation and data analysis processes. For sample preparation this includes a 5-10 minute sample prep kit, and VolTRAX (in development), a rapid, programmable, portable, disposable sample preparation device designed to prepare DNA for addition to a nanopore sequencing device.
Catamaran Bio is developing novel, off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapies designed to treat a broad range of cancers, including solid tumors. Our proprietary capabilities enable us to harness the natural cancer-fighting properties of NK cells and enhance and tailor their effectiveness with the power of synthetic biology and innovative non-viral cell engineering. We are using our TAILWINDTM Platform, an integrated suite of technologies, to specifically address the end-to-end methods of engineering, processing and manufacturing NK cells and rapidly advance our pipeline of CAR-NK cell therapy programs. Our team combines experienced biopharmaceutical leadership with founding scientists who are pioneers in NK cell biology, engineering, manufacturing and clinical application. Catamaran is backed by leading financial and corporate investors, including SV Health Investors, Sofinnova Partners, Lightstone Ventures, Takeda Ventures and Astellas Venture Management.
At Galileo Life, our goal is nothing short of a revolution in the way that healthcare is talked about and delivered. Through the establishment of a dedicated and professional network of Galileo Smart Clinics throughout the country, our vision is the development of a national-level holistic health services and wellness platform specializing in assessment, diagnostic, home-monitoring, and treatment services. The Healthcare Renaissance is here, and Galileo Life Sciences intends to herald the change in Healthcare and re-imagine Healthcare options. Galileo Life Sciences is about the pursuit of alternative solutions both in addition to, and outside of the current Western medical healthcare paradigm. We believe in taking the best of the conventional and combining it with what nature has provided - and what droves of scientific research continues to uncover and confirm - to help us heal, relieve pain, improve sleep, alleviate anxiety, increase appetite, offset the side effects of powerful pharmacological and medical treatments, and much more. Galileo Life Sciences extends an invitation to all practitioners and entrepreneurs in the Healthcare sector, to join us and become part of the bold and rapid global movement to ensure that healthcare is accessible by all in the world.