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Projects Funded - Fiscal Year 2005 ($1,384,518)


    Phase 1

      Rev Tree Inc.- Edmonton- $35,000
      "The Commercial Development of a Serologic Assay to Determine Human Betaretrovirus Infection in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis"

      Dr. Rakesh Kumar - UoA - Edmonton - $35,000
      "Novel Agents for the Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus Infection"

      Antibe Therapeutics Inc. - Calgary - $35,000
      "A Novel Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Ph 1"

      Dr. Joel Weiner - UofA - Edmonton - $35,000
      "YebF, a Novel Protein for Producing Extracellular Recombinant Proteins in Escherichia coli"

      Dr. Afsaneh Lavasanifar - UofA - Edmonton - $35,000
      "Polymer-based Nano-carriers for the Solubilization & Delivery of Hydrophobic Drugs"

    Phase 2

      InnerVision Medical Technologies Inc. - Calgary - $150,000
      "Commercial Development of InnerVision's Technology"

      Antibe Therapeutics Inc. - Calgary - $150,000
      "A Novel Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Ph 2"

      NemaRx Pharmaceutical Inc. - Calgary - $150,000
      "Validation of Automated Thermal Avoidance Technology for Industrial Analgesic Drug Discovery"

    Phase 3

      Cevena Bioproducts Inc. - Edmonton - $498,238
      "VPC-Viscofiber™ Project Completion"


    TC Internship Awards (new awards only)

      Sedgwick, Chantelle - Isotechnika Inc., Edmonton
      Sutherland, Sharla - CV Technologies Inc., Edmonton
      Goertz, Joel - University Technologies International Inc., Calgary
      Grandmaison, Paul - ViRexx Medical Corp., Edmonton
      Wang, Tanya - Global IQ, Edmonton
      Lord, Sarah - CEAPRO Inc., Edmonton