Firmly Rooted
Saskatoon hosts Canada’s largest and fastest-growing ag-bio cluster, and that’s just scratching the surface
There is a misconception that life sciences in the prairies starts and ends with agricultural biotechnology. Darcy Pawlik, Vice-President of Saskatoon-based Ag-West Bio Inc., wants to be perfectly clear when he says that this couldn’t be further from the truth..
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The economic downturn in the U.S. is now of a global scale.
What kind of year can biotech expect?
Last year was big for biotechnology, and indeed, science in general. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was switched on, didn’t destroy the world and was subsequently switched off for repairs. Earth-like planets were found to be much more common than previously thought and were even photographed in visible light. Embryonic stem cells were created without destroying the source embryo, and the big story seemed to be nanotechnology.
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Watch out California and Massachusetts. Georgia may not be top-of-mind for biosciences now, but it plans to be. Over the past 10 years in particular, the state has mounted a targeted campaign to become the epicentre of life sciences in the southeastern U.S.With Georgia set to welcome the world to the prestigious BIO International Convention in May, the dream is becoming a reality..
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Amorfix Honoured by TBI
 Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. is the inaugural recipient of the “Life Science Company of the Year” by The Biotechnology Initiative (TBI).
Amorfix was selected because of its pioneering approaches to innovative diagnostic and therapeutic products for brain-wasting diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease), Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD).
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 Biotech a Solid Choice for Investors
In January, biotech was named one of Zed Financial Partners’ hottest sectors in mid-market private equity.
According to the report, biotech companies performed exceptionally well during recovery from the last economic slowdown.
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A Growing Life Sciences Sector
 With more than 375 companies employing approximately 24,800 people, Mississauga is now home to the third-largest life sciences cluster in Canada.
According to a new study, Mississauga: A Leading Life Sciences Cluster Study and Directory, 5,000 knowledge-based jobs were added in the region between 2003 and 2007.
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