Daily media digest September 5, 2017

Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
“Alberta Health Services (AHS) is warning consumers of a hepatitis A virus …”
TAGS: hepatitis A, Alberta Health Services

 

Baystreet.ca
“The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation provided partial funding of Axxam’s prior work on this program. Dr. Russell Thomas, Director of Discovery …”
TAGS: Alzheimer’s, sanofi, Axxam, reserach collaboration

 

EPM Magazine
“Sanofi Pasteur will continue to contribute towards the breadth of knowledge about Zika through completing the case definition and surveillance study …”
TAGS: zika vaccine, sanofi

 

Brunswickan
“Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation will each be investing $500,000 over the course of five years to establish …”
TAGS: Tetra Bio-Pharma, New Brunswick Research Foundation, Chair, cannabis

 

CTV News
“New research confirms exercise during pregnancy can be both safe and … they can be beneficial for improving mental health and reducing pain.”
TAGS: exercise, pregnancy

 

globalnews.ca
“… when PSA screening is used,” said Ruth Etzioni, a public health researcher with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, in Seattle, Wash.”
TAGS: prostate screening, Research

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
” Medical device company ApiFix Ltd., a portfolio company of The Trendlines Group (SGX: 42T) (OTCQX: TRNLY), announced it signed an exclusive distribution agreement in Canada…”
TAGS: medical devices, Halifax, IWK Health Centre

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“today announced that it has joined the Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC) and appointed Paul Reider as Country Manager, effective immediately”
TAGS: Innovative Medicines Canada, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Canada Inc., rare disease