API News
API Co-Hosts Tour with Honoured Guests
We were honoured to co-host Minister Randy Boissonault, Deputy Ministers Simon Kennedy and Catherine Blewett, and others, with our partners at the University of Alberta and the Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute.
We discussed the future of life sciences in Edmonton and across Canada, including the importance of the Canadian Critical Drug Initiative in addressing critical drug shortages in Canada, academia-industry partnerships and training and retaining our life science graduates.
API at natHACKS
Last month, we were very happy to participate in natHACKS, Alberta’s inaugural brain-computer interface hackathon! Hundreds of students and recent graduates participated in the event, working to refine and solve problems in neurotechnology across the domains of Rehabilitation, Recreation, and Research. natHACKS included 38 projects, and awarded seven of those as winners.
Our Director of Clinical and Data Services, Michael Guirguis, and our Director of Programs & Ecosystem Development, Paramita Chaudhuri Basu, participated in the event!
People of API
Hana Marinkovic, Director of Corporate Affairs, API: Connecting Investors with Talent and Infrastructure
How do we empower commercial development in the Canadian Life Sciences industry?
Commercialization is key to getting life-saving research and innovation to market, but the road from concept to commercialization can be challenging to navigate.
Hana Marinkovic, API’s Director of Corporate Affairs, explains how our unique hybrid network model connects investors with both existing talent and local infrastructure to bring life-saving research to the real world.
Upcoming Events
Excited to be a partner of the upcoming Forward/Slash Summit
We’re incredibly excited to be a partner in the inaugural Forward/Slash summit in September! Forward/Slash will bring together regional leaders from across the Edmonton Metropolitan Region to purposefully, proactively, and inclusively build towards a thriving future for our region’s economy. Forward/Slash will build awareness of the activities that are happening across a range of diverse sectors in the Edmonton region and amplify the stories of success and innovation here.
BioAlberta’s Health and Life Sciences Showcase
BioAlberta’s Health and Life Sciences Showcase is back in Calgary on September 27th! API is a proud sponsor and we’ll be attending this fantastic event, which includes panels on various life science topics, BioAlberta’s Pitch event, industry roundtables, an awards gala, and more. Join us there!
API at PoND Research Day
API will be participating in the annual PoND (Polymer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery) Research Day on August 27th. PoND provides Masters and PhD students with training in the nanomedicine sector, making trainees uniquely “employer-ready” for a strong and growing Canadian pharmaceuticals/drug delivery sector.
Life Science & Innovation News
Expanding Capacity in the Life Science Sector in Edmonton
In July, McKesson Canada opened up a $175M distribution centre in Edmonton. We’re excited to see our life science sector growing in capacity in the Edmonton region and strengthening our supply chains.
The facility in northwest Edmonton employs around 150 people full time, and serves Alberta, parts of Saskatchewan and northern British Columbia, and cities in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.