The January 6, 2009 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) included two articles on the clinical trial industry of Canada. Clinical Trials: the muddled Canadian Lanscape, discusses a conference held last October about the current situation of clinical trials in Canada. One topic that emerged was the increasing need for Clinical Research Coordinators and Clinical Research Associates, as [...]
By Nicholas Herten-Greaven
Canada’s Clinical Research industry is healthy and appears to be growing faster than ever. Hospitals, medical research centres and pharmaceutical firms have been increasing their research activities, and in particular their use of clinical trials. This in turn has created increased opportunities for qualified professionals, including clinical research associates, coordinators, managers and investigators.
Ontario [...]
Hamilton set to evaluate new breast cancer screening method
By Haman Mamdouhi
February 12, 2009
Hamilton has recently been selected by General Electric Healthcare to be the first city in the world to receive new prototype technologies for use in a molecular breast imaging research program for the purpose of breast cancer detection. Hamilton researchers will design and [...]
TORONTO, Feb 26, 2009 — The Government of Ontario is supporting world-class biomedical research by matching renowned University of Toronto cell biologist Dr. Anthony Pawson’s $500,000 Kyoto Prize.
Dr. Pawson conducts research at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. His discoveries have been instrumental in the fight against diseases including diabetes [...]
Canada’s Clinical Research industry is healthy and appears to be growing faster than ever. Hospitals, medical research centres and pharmaceutical firms have been increasing their clinical research activities, and in particular their use of clinical trials. In turn, this has opened up a large new field of careers in this industry, including Clinical Research Associates [...]
