Canada’s Regulatory & Quality Medtech Conference 2023 presented by Medtech Canada is taking place on June 28 – 29, 2023 in a live virtual format. Medtech Canada is the national association representing Canada’s medical technology industry. Addressing all things regulatory this is a key topic in this era of explosive growth in the scale and scope […]
Our Founder and Managing Director, Marc Saab is back from the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference CMBEC 45 annual conference that took place in Vancouver from May 16th to 18th in Vancouver and is excited to share his findings after having spoken and taken part in a panel discussion on the topic of Innovative […]
The Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) is Canada’s principal society for engineering in medicine and biology. It is a member of Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and affiliated with the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). The CMBES organizes the annual Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference. This year marks the […]
Canada’s Medtech Conference 2023, presented by Medtech Canada, will be held in person on May 11, 2023. Canada’s Medtech Conference is the preeminent information exchange and educational forum for the medical technology industry. Medtech Canada is the national association leading the effort to develop and advance Canada’s innovative medical technology industry. The theme of the conference is Medtech in […]
Techstars is one of the leading global startup accelerators having invested in more than 3,300 early-stage startups. They support many of the world’s best entrepreneurs with access to capital, mentoring, finding customers, hiring talent, choosing the right infrastructure, and much more. Now with the Techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator, a program that is run in […]
These days most coverage about the Canadian healthcare system and our hospitals in general is usually in the context of the challenges they face and their shortcomings – lack of capacity and resources of all types, procedure backlogs, etc. – or the unusually long waiting times at the emergency rooms (1). These are known issues […]
The Canadian healthcare system is facing serious challenges. Overcrowded emergency wards, long waiting lists and backlogs for procedures, millions of Canadians without a doctor and shortages in most categories of the critical human resources that deliver healthcare services to patients. The Canadian healthcare system needs new thinking, new ideas and most importantly new solutions if […]
It is no secret that Canada’s population is aging at a rapid pace, as are the populations of most developed countries. It is estimated that by 2035, Canada will be what is referred to as a ‘super-aged’ country, that is a country where more than 25% of the population is over the age 65. If […]
It is no secret that 2022 was a challenging year in funding for the health tech industry, and for most industries, across global markets. After the massive runup in funding generated by the COVID induced pivot towards telehealth and the tremendous move up in financial markets it was a matter of time before markets had […]
We are excited that our Founder and Managing Director Marc Saab was in North Carolina to mark the official launch of the NC Health Innovation District (NCHID). The NCHID seeks to leverage the growing ecosystem of digital health across the state to address health inequities and pave the way for community health and wealth. The […]
The Centech Montreal technology startup incubator and accelerator program has become one of the most active and successful programs of its type in the Montreal technology startup ecosystem and beyond. A non-profit organization, Centech supports high-tech companies and projects with high growth potential, from conceptualization to commercialization, thanks to a bold, collaborative and passionate ecosystem. […]
We’ve been following the digital health industry investment trends closely over the past many quarters, particularly in the context of an emerging narrative that 2022 would be a more challenging year of consolidation and retrenchment for investors after the torrid pace that was set in 2020 and 2021. A pace higher than the previous ten […]
