Technology

Pilot project comes same week Canada's path to 5G is becoming clearer

Projects will be able to tap into $60m in funding

What happens: Chinook Therapeutics announces merger deal with American firm Why it matters: Vancouver company recently raised $65m from investors in pursuit of treating kidney disease through precision medicine International borders may be closed, bu

Government funding, Big Pharma partnerships aid biotechs working on viruses

Global Five Eyes alliance had Huawei concerns

What happened: Vancouver telecom giant Telus says it will use Nokia's and Ericsson’s 5G equipment for its network Why it matters: All three of Canada's major telcos have now backed off using Huawei equipment amid an increasingly untenable political a

What happened: Eli Lilly has commenced studies on humans for potential COVID-19 therapy Why it matters: The tests come after collaboration with a Vancouver bio-technology company American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co.

What happened: Vancouver tech CEO addresses parliamentarians on technology response to COVID-19 Why it matters: Mimik Technology Inc.

With B.C. likely to need as many as 412 million face masks in the next 12 months, researchers at UBC are now hard at work to find a local solution - and the answer may simply be the trees.

What happened: The federal government has approved IRAP funding for B.C.’s bioLytical Labs Why it matters: After developing a one-minute HIV test, the company is setting its sights on COVID-19 A B.C.