Startup Canada Shows Off PEI’s Entrepreneurial Side

Canada’s entrepreneurial spotlight will shine on Prince Edward Island May 7-10th as it plays host to Startup Canada’s National Tour and gathers more than 150 local startups and enterprise support organizations to discuss, celebrate and inspire entrepreneurship across the province.
 

FDA Targets ‘Cosmeceuticals’ Straddling Regulatory Lines

With a growing trend of some pharmaceutical ingredients being used in beauty treatments, the category of products that straddle the line between cosmetics and drugs is presenting a new set of regulatory challenges in the cosmetics industry. An interesting look at the challenges and perspectives in this Bloomberg article.

Globe & Mail - Question everything: teaching evidence-based management

In this post, the Globe & Mail profiles MBA programs and graduates across the country about the EBMgt approach. Here, UPEI's MBA leaders and local graduate Jean Kimpton, PEI Department of Innovation & Advanced Learning weigh in.

Devil is in the Details with Federal Response to Jenkins Report

PEI's biotech industry is keeping a close eye on federal policy makers as Ottawa plans its response to last fall’s report on federal support to R&D in Canada. This after Federal Minister of State for Research and Development Gary Goodyear provided a further glimpse of the actions the federal government is considering to encourage Canada’s private sector to invest more in the successful commercialization of new technologies.

Jobs, Growth and Prosperity by Bringing Minds to Market

The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology spoke to The Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa today, outlining details of the Government of Canada's science and technology strategy. Read complete details here.