News by subject: HEALTH

Dynacare, a Labcorp subsidiary and one of Canada's leading health and wellness solutions providers, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Valley Medical Laboratories in British Columbia effective May 1, 2023. The...

Progyny, Inc. , a leading benefits management company specializing in fertility and family building benefits solutions, and Fertility Matters Canada, a national fertility patient-focused organization, today announced both organizations will be...

Professional football player and Medical School Graduate Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is visiting St. Michaels University School (SMUS), Victoria, BC to engage students as part of Sodexo's Powering Athletic Performance program. The 2020 Super Bowl...

Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. ("Bright Minds" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company...

Dalriada, a leading Canadian contract research organization specializing in small molecule therapies, announces today the appointment of Frosty Loechel, Ph.D. as SVP Biology, Discovery Strategy group. The appointment confirms Dalriada's ambition to...

Dr. Santiago Munné, a pioneer in preimplantation genetic diagnosis, presented the first whole genome sequencing test in embryos before delegates at the 20th Conference of...

Revive Therapeutics Ltd. ("Revive" or the "Company") , a specialty life sciences company focused on the research and development of therapeutics for medical needs and rare disorders, announced today an update on the Company's U.S. Food & Drug...

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation , a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging its extensive virology expertise to develop novel therapeutics that target specific viral diseases, today announced that two abstracts have been accepted as...

? ZW191 demonstrates strong responses in FR?-low expressing patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models with favorable pharmacokinetic and safety profiles? ZW171 induced potent preferential killing of cancer cells and potential to mitigate risk of...

The Health Coalitions across Ontario launched a major fightback to stop the privatization of our public hospitals today. The Coalition is mounting a community-run referendum. Health Coalitions are organizing voting stations outside grocery stores,...

April 18, 2023 Latest clinical data set of 200,000 patients from over 200 hospitals, includes pandemic data for a broader and dependable foundation for machine learning Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Cambridge, MA, USA ? Royal Philips , a health...

April 18, 2023 Healthcare leaders are heavily investing in AI or plan to do so for both critical decision support and operational efficiency, helping tackle staff shortagesLargest global survey of its kind shows healthcare leaders continue to...

Preclinical data suggests that sudocetaxel zendusortide can induce immune cell infiltration in "cold" tumors and improve efficacy for PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor Additional in vivo data demonstrate significant activity of sudocetaxel zendusortide...

Spectral Medical Inc. ("Spectral" or the "Company") , a late-stage theranostic company advancing therapeutic options for sepsis and septic shock, today announced positive results in EUPHAS-2, an...

Today, Arch Biopartners Inc., ("Arch" or the "Company") , a clinical stage company focused on the development of novel therapeutics targeting organ inflammation, announced that it has safely increased the maximum daily dose of LSALT peptide to 20 mg...

Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. ("Medicenna" or "the Company") , a clinical stage immunotherapy company, today announced that Dr. Fahar Merchant, President and CEO of Medicenna, will participate in a fireside chat and management will participate in...

April 17, 2023 Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Chicago, USA ? Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, today highlighted the central role that Enterprise Informatics plays in its efforts to enable care providers to concentrate their...

April 17, 2023 Market-leading Philips PACS is now available on AWS for industry-leading availability, reliability, security, and AI-supported workflow enhancementsExpansion of the collaboration with AWS will support the development and deployment of...

-- IL-13 Superkines provide a versatile strategy for targeted delivery of anti-cancer agents to IL-13R?2, which is overexpressed in many solid tumors but minimally expressed in normal tissues -- MDNA132 and MDNA213 are novel IL-13 Superkines that...

Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Company" or "Algernon") , a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to announce that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for...

? Designed to deliver coordinated blockade of PD-1/PD-L1 pathway with targeted, enhanced IL-18 signaling to critical antitumor effector cells ? ? T cells co-expressing PD-1 and IL-18 receptors are highly enriched in the tumor microenvironment (TME)...

The Canadian Vaping Association (CVA) commends England's recent announcement of an innovative "Swap to Stop" initiative, designed to help one million smokers quit tobacco products by providing free vaping starter kits. The CVA believes that such...

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...

The Ontario Health Coalition and the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) have made a major step forward in their Charter Challenge to Bill 7, passed by the Ford government last fall. The patient advocates filed a Notice of Application with the...

Lifeist Wellness Inc. ("Lifeist" or the "Company") , a health-tech company that leverages advancements in science and technology to build breakthrough companies that transform human wellness, today announced that its U.S. biosciences subsidiary...

The Ontario Health Coalition and the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) have made a major step forward in their Charter Challenge to Bill 7, passed by the Ford government last fall. The patient advocates filed a Notice of Application with the...

Altea Active, one of Canada's most dynamic active-lifestyle brands, is expanding into the Vancouver area this Fall 2023 with its wellness and social club concept. Altea Active: West 6, located in Southeast False Creek at 425 West 6th Avenue (@Yukon...

Today, TELUS, in partnership with the Old Brewery Mission, announced the launch of the newest Health for GoodTM mobile health clinic, working together to help marginalized Montreal residents and communities with free healthcare services...

In collaboration with prominent biopharma companies and academic institutions, Biognosys will demonstrate the technological advances and versatility of the TrueDiscoverytm, TrueTargettm, and TrueSignaturetm proteomics platforms across the entire...

Sonny Gill, MD, orthopaedic spine sugeon from The Steadman Clinic, has been appointed to the role of head team physician for the men's and women's U.S. Freestyle Ski Team.  Dr. Gill, who rejoined The Steadman Clinic last November, will be the...

An international consortium of scientists and researchers, led by McMaster University researcher Holger Schünemann, has developed a digital platform-based COVID-19 Recommendations Map (RecMap) to help address the impact that COVID-19 continues to...

PharmAla Biotech Holdings Inc. ("PharmAla") , a Canadian biotechnology company dedicated to the research and development of clinical-grade LaNeotm MDMA and novel MDXX compounds, and Filament Health Corp. (NEO:FH) ("Filament"), a clinical-stage...

Medexus Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce preliminary revenue estimates for the company's fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, and, in addition, is providing an additional business update to shareholders and other...

Aptose Biosciences Inc. ("Aptose" or the "Company") , a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing highly differentiated oral kinase inhibitors to treat hematologic malignancies, today announced that William G. Rice, Ph.D., Chairman,...

LifeLabs is excited to recognize and celebrate our 7,000+ talented and dedicated lab employees across Canada on this 38th annual National Medical Laboratory Week.  "I am incredibly proud of our LifeLabs team," said Charles Brown, President and CEO...

Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. ("Bright Minds" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company focused on developing novel drugs for the targeted treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, epilepsy, and pain, today...

OBI Pharma, Inc. (TPEx: 4174) today announced preclinical data demonstrating significant synergistic effects of OBI-999 and pembrolizumab (anti-PD1 mAb) in four different cancer models, as well as the potent antitumor effect of a chimeric antigen...

Robotic and endoscopic spine surgeon Dr. Michael Gallizzi, one of newest additions to The Steadman Clinic's highly decorated and elite surgical team, performed his 200th robotic surgery on April 4th. It was less than one year ago?April 19, 2022?that...

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Cambie Surgeries Corporation's (CSC) attempt to overturn previous decisions made by BC's courts that upheld the BC Medicare Protection Act. This decision marks the end of the corporation's lengthy legal...

At the conclusion of this year's Myeloma Action Month (MAM), the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) was truly grateful for everyone's support in making the annual campaign a global success?with over 41 million reached in more than 45 countries!...

Voting opens today for Canadians to choose their favourite innovation from one of the seven finalists selected to compete at Arthritis Society Canada's second Arthritis Ideator Awardstm, a pitch-style competition at Toronto's MaRS Discovery District...

Sunshine Biopharma Inc. , a pharmaceutical company offering and researching life-saving medicines in a variety of therapeutic areas including oncology and antivirals today announced reporting of operating results for the fiscal year ended December...

April 4, 2023 New York State's largest health system adopts Philips patient monitoring platform to drive integration and innovation for a better patient and staff experience and improved outcomes   Amsterdam, the Netherlands and New Hyde Park,...

pH-D® Feminine Health, the brand offering the #1 Doctor Recommended boric acid suppository in the US, expands distribution in Canada at Shoppers Drug Mart and Rexall stores. By launching in multiple locations across Canada, the pH-D® Feminine Health...

Edge Total Intelligence Inc. ("edgeTI", "Company") , a leader in real-time digital operations solutions, is pleased to announce a three-year renewal and conversion to subscription software in the Health Care Insurer segment. "Our connection with...

Small Pharma Inc. (the "Company" or "Small Pharma"), a biotechnology company focused on short-duration psychedelic-assisted therapies for mental health conditions, today announces positive six-month data from the Company's Phase IIa clinical trial...

Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Company" or "AGN Pharma") , a Canadian clinical stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to advise that its subsidiary Algernon NeuroScience (AGN Neuro), has completed dosing of the second cohort in...

Today, Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) and the Health Standards Organization (HSO) are pleased to announce Canada's first Pediatric Pain Management Standard, providing guidance to health organizations on how to deliver equitable and quality pain...

Revive Therapeutics Ltd. ("Revive" or the "Company") , a specialty pharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce the initiation of the research and development of its novel transdermal microneedle patch to deliver...

April is World Autism Month, an annual opportunity for a dedicated conversation about autism. Special Announcement: In celebration of World Autism Month, Autism Speaks Canada is launching their documentary "Life on The Spectrum by Autism Speaks...