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Centre For Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine supports our partners to develop and commercialize cell and gene therapies and regenerative medicine technologies. Its services include business, technical and facilities. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

MaRS Discovery District (Venture Capital) (MaRS Discovery District) is a venture capital subsidiary of MaRS Discovery District founded in 2000 by Murray McCaig. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Hospital for Sick Children is a non-profit organization that provides healthcare services. It offers child and family centered care, creative arts therapy, epilepsy classroom, resource navigation program, and international patient program. The company was founded by Elizabeth McMaster on March 23, 1875 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Inc. promotes activities to reduce cancer risk, enable early detection, facilitate better access to treatment and hasten the discovery. Its programs include CEO cancer gold standard, life sciences consortium and project data sphere. The company was founded by George H. W. Bush in 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center provides cancer patient care, research, and prevention for cancer. The firm also provides education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the publics. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

University Health Network operates as a healthcare and medical research organization that provides patient care, education, and research services. Its programs include arthritis program, joint department of medical imaging, Krembil neuroscience center, laboratory medicine program, medical and community care, multi-organ transplant, Peter Munk cardiac center, Princess Margaret cancer, surgery and critical care program, and Toronto rehab. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Sagard Private Equity (Sagard) is a private equity subsidiary of Sagard Holdings ULC founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Canada with offices in New York and Denver.

MaRS Discovery District owns and operates a convergence center. It offers business research, information technology; pharmaceutical, optical sciences advisory and start up business assistance services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Rgc & Associates, Inc. provides IT and computer repair services. The private company is based in San Antonio.

Young Presidents'' Organization (Canada) operates as a non-profit organization. It helps young chief executives to engage, learn, and grow. The company was founded on February 13, 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Ontario Institute For Regenerative Medicine provides stem cell and regenerative medicine research services. The company was founded by on November 25, 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

QD Solar, Inc. develops photovoltaic cells using colloidal quantum dot technology in Canada. Its quantum dot technology combines silicon solar cells with infrared solar cells in a hybrid architecture to harvest more of the solar spectrum than silicon alone. The company was founded by Sjoerd Hoogland and Edward Hartley Sargent in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

MedifVu LLC operates as a digital heath company. The firm uses Augmented Intelligence to prioritize treatment options personalized for each patient, immediately eliminating adverse drug reactions. It also monitors the patient’s treatment experience directly and via wearables personalized to the specific medication’s side effects and warnings and the patient’s medical history. The company was founded by Eileen Morrissey and is headquartered in Mendhamk, NJ.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Healthcare Canada, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides diagnostic imaging, healthcare information technology and life-sciences solutions. The company is based in Mississauga, Canada.

The Centre for the Commercialization of Antibodies & Biologics is a Canadian company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.

Omniabio, Inc. is a subsidiary of CCRM and is a contract development and manufacturing organization producing gene-modified cells and viral vectors, compliant with current good manufacturing practices standards. The private company's facility, located at McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Canada, will be the first commercial-scale CDMO dedicated to cell and gene therapies and is expected to be the largest facility of its kind. The company is based in Hamilton, Canada and is supported by the government of Ontario via the Invest Ontario Fund. Omniabio will anchor a biomanufacturing center of excellence and will open in three phases between 2024 and 2026. The CEO of the Canadian company is Mitchel Sivilotti.

20/20 Vision Centers, Inc. provides lasik surgery services. It offers refractive laser surgery that treats nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism with incisions. It uses technology such as Nidek and Visx Star S3 Laser, Orbscan, and Hansatome Microkeratome. The company is headquartered in Murray, UT.

ExCellThera, Inc. is a world leader in blood stem cell expansion and rejuvenation. The private company is based in Montréal, Canada. The Canadian company's proprietary molecule, UM171, is the standard for hematopoietic stem cell expansion in cell and gene therapy. UM171 has a first-in-class mechanism of action that expands and rejuvenates HSCs, and counteracts exhaustion from culture and gene modification, which are important limitations in cell and gene therapies. ExCellThera has developed commercial GMP grade UM171, which can be integrated into the manufacturing process of various cell and gene therapy products as a reagent and is supported by a Type II Drug Master File (DMF) filed with the FDA. ExCellThera was founded in 2013 by Peter Zandstra and Guy Sauvageau. Guy Sauvageau has been the CEO since 2013.

ARM is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes global initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. The organization promotes legislative, regulatory reimbursement, investment, technical, and other initiatives to accelerate the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine technologies. ARM also works to increase public understand- ing of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was a need for more coordinated and cohesive advocacy representing the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 140 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field.

Rimon Therapeutics Ltd. develops and markets pharmaceutical products. The company was founded by Michael May and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Portag3 Ventures (Portag3 Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sagard Private Equity founded in 2015 by Paul Guy Desmarais III and Adam Felesky. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Globe & Mail, Inc. publishes and prints newspapers. Its platforms include newspaper, magazine, digital, mobile and apps and video. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Canadian Institute for Health Information engages in the provision of data and information that are used to improve health care, health system performance, and population health across Canada. Its primary theme include hospital care, health workforce, organ and joint replacement, health inequality, quality and safety, seniors and aging, pharmaceuticals, health spending, residential and emergency care, international comparisons, access and wait times,community care, population health, children and youth, and patient outcomes. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Tri University Mezzon Facility provides subatomic physics laboratories. The firm’s technical services include beamlines, information systems & technology, science-technology, diagnostics group, engineering, operations, ATG and radiation protection. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, CA.