Posts Tagged: University of Toronto
Highly Positive Results from PoC Phase 1b trial of ZT-01 – Type 1 Diabetes
Zucara Therapeutics announced highly positive results from its proof-of-concept Phase 1b trial of ZT-01 in people with Type 1 diabetes (“T1D”). Please see the press release here. Why this news is important:
This trial confirms ZT-01’s mechanism of action in restoring glucagon release in patients with T1D.
First-in-class ZT-01, meaningfully restored glucagon release in nearly 90% of treated patients compared to placebo (p<0.0001). This therapy has the potential to become the first therapeutic to prevent hypoglycemia in people with insulin-dependent diabetes.
Positive results from this trial will enable Zucara to further evaluate ZT-01 in a multi-center Phase 2 ...
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Funding for Zucara Therapeutics Expansion Into ZT-01 Development Program to Type 2 Diabetes
November 2, 2020: Zucara Therapeutics Inc., a diabetes life sciences startup funded by TIAP and adMare BioInnovations, announced today that it has received funding from NRC IRAP and MITAS for its expansion into the development of ZT-01, a somatostatin receptor 2 antagonist (“SSTR2a”), to Type 2 Diabetes (“T2D”).
Red more here: https://bit.ly/34QRAn6
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Zucara Therapeutics Announces US$21M Series A Financing
– Proceeds to Fund Development of ZT-01 Through Phase 2 Clinical Trials –
– Series A Financing led by the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund –
TORONTO, March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zucara Therapeutics Inc., a diabetes life sciences company developing the first once-daily therapeutic to prevent insulin-induced hypoglycemia (low blood glucose levels), today announced that it has closed a US$21 million Series A Financing led by the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund (“PXV Fund”).
The proceeds from the financing will fund Phase 1 and ...
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LAB150 adds two projects: Cystic Fibrosis and Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Toronto, ON, Feb. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MaRS Innovation announced today the concurrent launch of two new LAB150 projects. These projects build on breakthroughs in disease-focused scientific research by prominent teams at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Toronto, both of which are Members of MaRS Innovation. LAB150 is a partnership between MaRS Innovation and Evotec AG with the goal of accelerating academic research towards commercial outcomes by providing funding and access to pharmaceutically validated platforms ...
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Zucara Therapeutics Inc. Receives Support from NCR-IRAP
VANCOUVER and TORONTO, Canada — January 8, 2018 - Zucara Therapeutics Inc., a pre-clinical life sciences company advancing a novel long-term therapeutic approach to prevent hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes, has received support of up to $350,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). In addition, The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and MaRS Innovation have contributed follow on funding to the Company’s existing convertible note.
Zucara recently defined its lead drug candidate, ZT-01, and ...
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MaRS Innovation highlighted in the ExcelleNCE newsletter
MaRS Innovation was highlighted in the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) newsletter on Wednesday, June 22. The article is titled, "MaRS Innovation revolutionizes approach to commercialization, " and discusses the success of the MaRS Innovation commercialization model.
The article mentions companies such as ScarX Therapeutics, a spin-off of MI and Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children that is commercializing a topical prescription cream. It also talks about Encycle Therapeutics, a Toronto biotechnology start-up from the University of Toronto, that has developed a fast, ...
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Toronto’s QD Solar sole Canadian among five winners of solar technology challenge
QD Solar, a Canadian start-up company, is one of the five winners of the SunRISE TechBridge Challenge. They will receive support from Greentown Launch acceleration and DSM Partnership/Investment to help move forward in developing their technology and bring it closer to market.
QD Solar is developing the next generation photovoltaic cells using cutting-edge colloidal quantum dot technology. QD Solar’s proprietary quantum dot-based solar cells use nano-engineered, low-cost materials that can absorb this otherwise wasted infrared light. The world-leading underlying solar technology was developed in ...
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Knitt Labs launches KnittBar, raises $50,000 on Kickstarter in six days
UTEST graduate company building a versatile, smart, modular power bar
We've all been there: You reach over behind your TV to plug in yet another device to find your power bar’s out of available outlets. You wonder why your electricity bill’s so high and want to know which appliance is the culprit. You forget to turn something off (or did you?) and you’re already halfway to a meeting.
Knitt Labs, Inc. has developed KnittBar to solve these frustrating problems for those who are ...
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Dr. Raphael Hofstein in Biotechnology Focus: Canada’s Contagiously Creative Life Sciences Sector
Biotechnology Focus, a compendium of the Canadian life sciences industry, has published the following guest column by Dr. Raphael Hofstein, MaRS Innovation’s president & CEO, and Elizabeth Monier-Williams, director of marketing and communications.
There’s a historical trend in Canadian culture with far-reaching effects for the way we do business, ranging from entertainment to academia to science. Namely, it’s that until quite recently, Canadians weren’t into cultivating national star systems. [1]
As Gideon Hayden recently wrote for TechCrunch, if you’re a Canadian tall poppy ...
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U of T’s David Sinton on new technology for infertility, sperm count
The Journal of Clinical Chemistry recently hosted Dr. David Sinton of the University of Toronto in a podcast to highlight his work on commercializing technology for human sperm selection.
Shatha Qaqish, manager, Technology and Venture Development at MaRS Innovation, is working with Dr. Sinton to commercialize his off-the-shelf device for sperm count.
You can listen to the podcast here.
By Stephanie Meszaros, marketing and communications specialist.
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