Pharming New Fields
Plant-made pharmaceuticals might offer a cheap, new way to produce drugs
Plant-made pharmaceuticals were the next great hope for the biotech industry two decades ago but due to a combination of lack of financing, environmental and regulatory constraints, the technology almost disappeared from the consciousness of industry leaders.
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Plan biotechnology is changing agriculture forever
With the global population more than doubling in the last 40 years and the area for food production remaining virtually the same, farmers are using science to stretch their yields and as a result, novel foods are cropping up in fields across the country.
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Help me, help you
Montreal’s spirit of collaboration is helping turn one of Canada’s most beautiful cities into a biotech hotspot
Montreal isn’t just a pretty place. The city may have been appointed a UNESCO City of Design in 2006 but it’s also the hub of Quebec’s resurgent biotech industry.
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Budget Hope for Life Sciences
There’s something to smile about for businesses and researchers in the new federal budget.
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Canadian Farmers Plant Record-Breaking Acres of Biotech Crops
 Last year Canadian farmers planted close to 21 million acres of canola, more than 97 per cent of which was enhanced through biotechnology, according to a report from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA).
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 Quebec Invests in Partnership for Personalized Medicine
The Government of Quebec announced a $10 million investment in the Personalized Medicine Partnership for Cancer (PMPC).
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