Embracing diversity to spur innovation Story originally published in BioTalent Canada’s Close-up on the bio-economy: Demand and Supply Outlook For Zymeworks, culture is key to innovation. With an HR strategy focused on diversity and rooted in the neuroscience of collaboration, the Vancouver-based pharmaceutical company is demonstrating how businesses can address important social issues in the…
Solving the skills shortage from within Story originally published in BioTalent Canada’s Close-up on the bio-economy: Demand and supply outlook What’s the best way to bring new employees up to speed on a vast product portfolio or build a technically knowledgeable team of sales reps in a business undergoing double-digit growth? For Applied Biological Materials…
Seeking the skills to scale Story originally published in BioTalent Canada’s Close-up on the bio-economy: National report Mediphage Bioceuticals’ made-in-Canada gene therapy platform could revolutionize medical treatments. But with commercialization skills hard to come by in Canada, the Toronto-based company is weighing the question of whether or not to move some operations to the U.S….
Pivoting to digital HR in a pandemic Story originally published in BioTalent Canada’s Close-up on the bio-economy: National report When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the HR team at Farmers Edge barely missed a beat — embracing remote recruitment and retention to broaden its pool of candidates. A switch to digital HR practices is helping the…
Putting bio-economy careers on the map Story originally published in BioTalent Canada’s Close-up on the bio-economy: National report Serving some 600 local life sciences and health technologies organizations in the Greater Montreal area, Montréal InVivo has a unique perspective on the human resources challenges facing firms in its region — which include helping young professionals…
Building a Patient-Centered Community by Generating Meaningful Data, Enhancing Collaborations, and Accelerating Outcomes Calgary, AB – Lumiio is proud to announce the launch of MitoCanada’s mitochondrial disease patient registry. This registry will enable a fulsome understanding of mitochondrial disease patients from across Canada by capturing critical information directly from patients. These valuable insights benefit the…
Data-driven drug discovery Story originally published in BioTalent Canada’s Close-up on the bio-economy: Western Canada For Vancouver-based start-up Variational AI, the future of drug discovery is most definitely digital. Its innovative machine-learning platform generates novel and optimized molecules — with the potential to eventually cut preclinical drug discovery times from years to months. The challenge…
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A partnership between Dr. Trushar Patel, Canada Research Chair in RNA and Protein Biophysics, and Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) is aiming to uncover how a key human protein interacts with one of the primary SARS-CoV-2 proteins. The year-long project, which is also sponsored by Mitacs, first required creating proteins in Dr. Patel’s lab at…
BioTalent Canada is working closely with industry experts to develop a set of National Occupational Standards (NOS) specific to Canada’s bio-economy. BioTalent Canada supports the people behind life-changing science and these NOS are just another aspect of that. If you’re an employer, wouldn’t it be great if you could eliminate some of the guesswork when…
