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Victory Square Gets FDA Permission For Covid-19 Antibody Test

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Vancouver’s Victory Square Health acquired Brazilian Covid19 test developers Safetest in June. Today Safetest was granted permission by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States to commence marketing, sales and distribution under the emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Safetest Covid-19 assay for detecting the virus causing Covid-19. Safetest Covid-19 IgG /IgM […]

HR Tech Group Launches Free Online Diversity & Inclusion Tool

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Vancouver-headquartered HR Tech Group has launched a free online resource for Canada’s technology industry that provides access to more than 300 best-in-class Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) resources and tools. A 2017 research report by HR Tech Group, Diversity & Inclusion in the BC Tech Sector, found that Indigenous peoples account for less than 1% of […]

NexTech AR Names SAP Tech Leader as Chief Operating Officer

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NexTech AR Solutions has named former SAP executive Eugen Winschel as Chief Operating Officer. Winschel was a Global Vice President business Leader at SAP, an expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Next-Gen UX developer as well as innovative entrepreneur and intrapreneur. In his new role with NexTech, Winschel will be responsible for scaling the company […]

ElectraMeccanica Announces Production Start Date For Flagship SOLO EV

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ElectraMeccanica has announced an official start date of August 26th for the commencement of production for its flagship SOLO EV. Engineered for a single occupant, the three-wheeled SOLO offers a unique driving experience for the environmentally conscious consumer. The SOLO has a range of over 100 miles and a top speed of 80 mph, making it […]

Mental Health as a Resilient Business Metric

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Businesses need to be held accountable for their employees’ mental health and not simply be passive advocates. This goes well beyond a “tick-box” mentality of providing Employee Assistance Programs and Health Spending Accounts. These are table stakes. We need to be thinking about business as a force for good, to borrow the tagline from the […]

Terramera’s Karn Manhas Joins Qu Biologics Board of Directors

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Qu Biologics has added Karn Manhas, Founder and CEO of Terramera, to its Board of Directors. Qu Biologics is a biopharmaceutical company developing Site Specific Immunomodulators (SSIs), a novel platform of immunotherapies designed to restore innate immune function. Manhas brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in government, business development and as a clean technology […]

Chinook Therapeutics Raises USD $106 Million In Advance of Merger

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Vancouver’s Chinook Therapeutics has raised a USD $106 million in a private placement financing that included top-tier healthcare investors. As part of the financing, Chinook’s existing investors, Versant Ventures, Apple Tree Partners and Samsara BioCapital, will purchase $25 million in Chinook common stock on the same terms as the new investors in lieu of their prior […]

UBC’s Dr. Santa Ono Joins Terramera’s Strategic Advisory Board

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UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Santa Ono has joined Terramera’s Strategic Advisory Board. As part of Terramera‘s Strategic Advisory Board, Ono will advise on short and long-term business strategies alongside Greg D’Avignon, Stewart Beck and Nancy Roman. Together, the Board provides a wealth of perspectives to help scale Terramera’s technology globally. Ono is an internationally […]

Bare Advertising Launches Jambaree Web Development Shop

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Due to COVID-19 businesses are shifting more of their customer experience online, so in today’s world, websites need to be fast, secure and engaging. Vancouver’s Bare Advertising saw that as an opportunity to double-down and launched a new subsidiary dedicated to Gatsby/JAMstack web development, creatively tagged Jambaree. Over the past several years, Bare has built […]