News by subject: HEALTH

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Health Canada has approved IMCIVREE® (setmelanotide solution for subcutaneous injection) for weight management...

Recursion , a leading clinical stage TechBio company decoding biology to industrialize drug discovery, today announced it has signed agreements to acquire two companies in the AI-enabled drug discovery space: Cyclica and Valence. "Recursion has...

Cassie + Friends (C + F) and Brain Canada are pleased to announce their new partnership to fund research that will address mental health in youth with rheumatic diseases such as juvenile arthritis and lupus - conditions that affect every 3 in 1000...

Brain Cancer Canada is pleased to announce a $50,000 grant to support research on more effective diagnosis and treatment for adult brain cancer patients. The grant will fund an innovative project by Dr. Maria MacDonald of the London Health Sciences...

Theratechnologies Inc. ("Theratechnologies" or the "Company") , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative...

Avicanna Inc. ("Avicanna" or the "Company) a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing and...

The Alzheimer Society of Ontario is expressing measured excitement and optimism today following release of positive phase three clinical trial results for donanemab, a drug developed by Eli Lilly to slow progression of Alzheimer's disease at early...

LifeLabs, a leading provider of laboratory testing and diagnostic services in Canada, is proud to announce the promotion of Dr. Cathy Ross to the position of Vice President of Medical and Quality Affairs. Dr. Ross, a pathologist, a fellow of the...

Small Pharma Inc. (the "Company" or "Small Pharma"), a biotechnology company focused on short-duration psychedelic-assisted therapies for mental health conditions, is pleased to announce that Dr. Carol Routledge, Chief Medical and Scientific...

DiagnaMed Holdings Corp. ("DiagnaMed" or the "Company") , a generative AI healthcare solutions company, is pleased to announce the launch of FormGPT.io, a generative AI data collection and analysis solution for the healthcare market. FormGPT.io...

the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations -- This afternoon, the Government of British Columbia, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) of North and West Vancouver and Vancouver Coastal...

All press conferences will be visual with leaflets, ballots, ballot boxes, maps of voting stations, ribbons and volunteers, including those on Zoom. In each press conference a large group of volunteers will announce the first 500 voting stations...

BioSyent Inc. ("BioSyent", TSX Venture: RX) is pleased to announce that FeraMAX® is the #1 recommended iron supplement brand in Canada, based on a national survey of Canadian pharmacists and physicians(1). This is the eighth consecutive year that...

An international design competition is underway for a Covid memorial monument. The winning design will be awarded $20,000 USD. A distinguished panel of judges will make the selection. The final design will determine in part where the monument will...

Pizza Nova, Southern Ontario's premium pizza brand, launches its 24th annual fundraising campaign in support of Variety ? the Children's Charity of Ontario. Throughout the month of May, the company invites customers to add a dip to their order and 50...

May 2, 2023 New cost-effective addition to Philips Image Guided Therapy Mobile C-arm platform brings flat panel imaging and ease-of-use to routine surgeryUnique user profiles, application-specific protocols and high range of movement enhance the...

TELUS Health (formerly LifeWorks), today released its monthly Mental Health Index revealing two in five workers in Canada have experienced a traumatic event that has had a lasting impact on their mental health. The Index also identified productivity...

Ontario NDP Health Critic France Gélinas is reintroducing a bill titled, ?Vaping is not for kids.' The bill would prohibit the promotion of vaping products, restrict sales to specialty vape shops, increase the minimum legal age from 19 to 21, and ban...

NANO-X IMAGING LTD ("Nanox" or the "Company," Nasdaq: NNOX), an innovative medical imaging technology company, today announced that it has received a 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the multi-source...

The Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA) launches its month-long Sun Awareness Month campaign, urging Canadians to learn about the causes and early warning signs of skin cancer. "With melanoma being the 5th most common cancer type found in youth...

Dozens of representatives of MS Canada are fanning across Ottawa May 1st ? May 3rd for the annual Day on the Hill, launching MS Awareness Month activities in support of people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) - a debilitating neurological disease...

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing and delivering novel therapies for the management of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, is joining Mental Health America (MHA) and the State of New York to raise awareness of...

Is an equitable world that includes humans and machines possible? York University researchers believe it must be and have set out to make it so through a first of its kind interdisciplinary research initiative called Connected Minds: Neural and...

Reliq Health Technologies Inc. ("Reliq" or the "Company"), a rapidly growing global healthcare technology company that develops innovative Virtual Care solutions for the multi-billion dollar Healthcare market, is pleased to announce that it has...

Published results from a National Psoriasis Foundation-fielded survey included responses from more than 400 patients across US1 Findings highlight impact on patient adherence of early onset of improvement with topical psoriasis medications1...

Though we cannot see them, microbes have had a profound effect on our lives, humanity and the world. One need only look at the past three years to understand the toll a single, microscopic virus can take. The McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in...

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd ("Junshi Biosciences", HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced that the...

RTOERO volunteers and staff met with federal MPs and government officials during its second Advocacy on the Hill event on April 24 and 25. During virtual meetings both days and an in-person reception on April 25, RTOERO Board of Directors, Political...

Genenta Science S.p.A. a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing a cell-based platform harnessing the power of hematopoietic stem cells to provide durable and safe treatments for solid tumors, today announced its fiscal year 2022...

Sirona Biochem Corp. ("Sirona") is pleased to announce that the clinical trial results, for novel anti-aging compound TFC-1326, have exceeded even high expectations on key criteria. The trial, which was completed by a leading contract...

BetterLife Pharma Inc. ("BetterLife" or the "Company") , an emerging biotech company focused on the development and commercialization of cutting-edge treatments for mental disorders, today announced that its scientific collaborators, Drs. Vern Lewis...

PharmAla Biotech (MDMA.CSE) is excited to have received a signed purchase order for GMP LaNeo MDMA and Psilocybin by Incannex (IHL.ASX), a NASDAQ-listed psychedelic research company and clinic operator based in Australia. "A significant number of...

Medela, the most trusted breast pump brand in North America*, hosted its 16th Global Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium, focused on advancing lactation science to improve care. Held for the first time in the USA, the Chicago-based invite-only...

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation ("Arbutus" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging its extensive virology expertise to develop novel therapeutics that target specific viral diseases, today announced that the Company...

Blueberries Medical Corp. (FRA: 1OA) the Canadian parent of Blueberries S.A.S. ("BBSAS"), the premier Latin American licensed cultivator and producer of medicinal cannabis and medicinal-grade cannabis extracts, (together the "Company" or...

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, April 20, 2023-- UBTECH, a leading global AI and robotics company, was honored the Bronze award of the 2023 Edison Awardstm' MedTech category for the distinguished innovation of its Smart Elderly Care Solution. Known as the...

Mydecine Innovations Group Inc. ("Mydecine" or the "Company") (NEO:MYCO) , a biotechnology company engineering the next wave of innovative medications and treatment protocols to directly address mental health with a particular emphasis on addiction...

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. , a neurology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today...

April 24, 2023 First-quarter highlights Group sales increased to EUR 4.2 billion, with 6% comparable sales growthComparable order intake growth was flat, with double-digit growth in the Diagnosis & Treatment businesses, offset by a decline in the...

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. , a neurology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will host a company presentation at the 2023 Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference to be held in Toronto, Ontario from April 25-26, 2023....

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing and delivering novel therapies for the management of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced that it will be presenting five abstracts at the upcoming 2023 American...

XORTX Therapeutics Inc. ("XORTX" or the "Company") , a late-stage clinical pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to announce the grant of Orphan Drug Designation for...

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd ("Junshi Biosciences", HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company...

Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. (the "Company") today announced the presentation of new data describing the progress of the Company's kt-3000 drug development program at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in Orlando,...

PharmAla Biotech is proud to have been selected as the MDMA manufacturing partner for the Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University's upcoming Phase 2 Clinical Trial. "Australia is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting locations for MDMA...

Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. , a late-stage pharmaceutical company committed to the global...

BetterLife Pharma Inc. ("BetterLife" or the "Company") , an emerging biotech company focused on the development and commercialization of cutting-edge treatments for mental disorders, is pleased to announce that Dr. Ahmad Doroudian, Chief Executive...

Kane Biotech Inc. (the "Company", "Kane" or "Kane Biotech") announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with ProgenaCare Global LLC ("ProgenaCare") for its coactiv+tm Antimicrobial Wound Gel in the United States wound care market....

Microbix Biosystems Inc. , a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, announces it will be attending and presenting at the Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference (the "Conference") taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention...

PHIT Canada, a non-profit organization founded by Karl Talbot who is President of TALK Enterprises, has officially launched with a mission to ensure that all Canadian kids get physical activity every day. 82% of Canadians are considered inactive,...