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More Biotech Highlights to Look Forward to in 2011

by Jeremy Grushcow

January 19th, 2011

This week, we’ve continued to outline the biotech industry trends we’ve been following on the Cross-Border Biotech Blog and noting some recent developments and directions for 2011:
Transgenic plants and animalscontinue to… [more]

Biotech Highlights to Look Forward to in 2011

by Jeremy Grushcow

January 11th, 2011

This week, we've been outlining the biotech industry trends we’ve been following on the Cross-Border Biotech Blog and noting some recent developments and directions for 2011:
Social media in biotech and healthcare… [more]

2010 Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

January 4th, 2011

The beginning of the year is a great time to look back and to look ahead. This week, I'll look back at the top stories of 2010:

Canada's 2010 Federal Budget had… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

December 21st, 2010

This week in biotech was all about surveillance:
Two Toronto scientists studied over two million tweets to assess the social network's value as a public health surveillance tool and came… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

December 14th, 2010

This week in biotech was very slimming:
There have been three obesity drugs presented to the FDA for approval this year. The agency has very stringent criteria for obesity drugs… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

December 7th, 2010

This week in biotech was all about payers:
The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which provides guidance on use of new drugs and medical technologies, showed… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

November 30th, 2010

This week in biotech was all about the wisdom of the crowds:
The crowd comprising Canada’s Natural Resources Committee, including Conservative MPs, say Canada should consider a new reactor to… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

November 16th, 2010

The world of biotech was all shook up this week:
In venture capital, GrowthWorks was stepping on Covington's Blue Suede Shoes by soliciting votes against Convington's planned acquisition of the… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

November 8th, 2010

This week in biotech was very stimulating, with public funds flowing to a variety of projects.
The Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE) got two new members this week and Minister… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

November 2nd, 2010

This week in biotech was all about the early stage, and there is no earlier stage in biotech than university tech transfer offices and their progeny.
Universities' technology transfer offices… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

October 25th, 2010

This week in biotech, Canada's competitiveness was discussed and challenged.
The 2nd Canadian Science Policy Conference took place in Montreal this week. As with last year, the conference this year was… [more]

This Week's Biotech Highlights

by Jeremy Grushcow

October 18th, 2010

This week was a week of small steps in biotech. And not the kind of small steps that are actually giant leaps, either.
Canadian VC funding saw a big leap… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Top 10 Financial Errors: #9 Avoid Having a Written Office-Sharing or Partnership Agreement
Thursday, February 9

Max Amsterdam once said: “Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence.” The purpose of having a written agreement between all … »»

Practice

SlawTips Open Access Journals
Wednesday, February 8

There is good leagal content that doesn’t necessarily come in the neat packages that we usually look in.  Though our commercial legal database subscriptions have linked, vetted, edited, and easily. […] »»

Research

SlawTips Use join.me to Get on the Same Page Across the Web
Wednesday, February 8

When you need to collaborate on a document displayed on your screen, it’s great to have a colleague from down the hall come into your office and look over your … »»

Technology

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MLB Selected Case Summaries    

These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.

  • Banks and Banking - Liability of banks to third parties - Negligence - General

    The plaintiffs were the former shareholders of a company that failed. They sued the defendant bank alleging that it breached its contract with the company and the plaintiffs and breached a duty ...

  • Actions - Cause of action - General principles - New or extended cause of action - Opening of floodgates

    The plaintiff and defendant worked at different branches of the same bank. The defendant’s common-law husband was the plaintiff’s ex-husband. Over a four year period, the defendant ...

  • Aliens - Definitions and general principles - Immigration consultants

    The Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC) had been designated as the sole regulatory body of immigration consultants in Canada from 2004 until June 2011. On June 30, 2011, Bill C-35 came into force, which significantly amended ...

  • Criminal Law - Sexual offences, public morals and disorderly conduct - Public morals - Obscenity - Possession of child pornography

    The accused was convicted of making child pornography available and two counts of possession of child pornography (see [2010] Sask.R. Uned. 197). Subsequently, he was sentenced ...

  • Criminal Law - Procedure - Charge or directions - Jury or judge alone - Directions regarding pleas or evidence of witnesses, co-accused and accomplices

    Rowe was convicted by a jury of five offences. He appealed.

    The Ontario Court of Appeal allowed ...

  • Narcotic Control - Offences - Possession - General

    The accused wished to access marijuana for medicinal purposes but did not have an authorization to possess marijuana issued under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations. He was notified that a package of marihuana addressed to him had been ...

  • Narcotic Control - General - Legislation - Exemptions - Medicinal marijuana

    McCrady, who had an application pending under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) to possess and grow marijuana, was convicted of possession of marijuana (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), s. 4(1)). Hearn pleaded guilty ...

  • Criminal Law - Sentence - Trafficking in hashish or marijuana (incl. possession for purposes of trafficking)

    The accused pleaded guilty to one count of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. He was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment to be served intermittently and 11 months’ ...

  • Municipal Law - Powers of municipalities - Particular powers - Imposition and collection of taxes or fees 

    Catalyst Paper Corp. operated a paper mill in the District of North Cowichan. Catalyst objected to the tax rate that it paid compared to residential ratepayers. In 2009, the ...


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