On May 23 at Université de Montréal, Me William Brock, Chairman of the Board of CellCAN and partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, who received a bone marrow transplant at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont in 2005, launched the book "The word / En un mot", featuring testimonials from cancer survivors.   All proceeds go to the Maryse and William Brock Chair in Applied Stem Cell Transplant Research, directed by Dr. Jean Roy, a hematologist at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hos...'

Two CellCAN partners, the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine and C3i Centre have announced the two projects selected by their Innovation Investment Program.    The Innovation Investment Program was established in 2021 to transform promising experimental cell and gene therapies into treatments for serious diseases. With targeted funding of $100,000, selected technologies will be able to carry out crucial experiments that will increase their chances of attracting early-stage in...'

The Canadian Advanced Therapies Training Institute (CATTI), develops and scales e-learning and on-site GMP training programs for efficient and rapid upskilling of the biomanufacturing workforce required in Canada and internationally. Although CATTI has been in development for a number of years, CATTI’s official March 2021 launch forged a partnership with CellCAN and CCRM (Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine). CATTI’s goals are to enrich the talent pool of highly q...'

New Institute will tackle gaps in training Canada’s GMP workforce July 29, 2021 (Montreal, QC and Toronto, ON) – The fast growth of cell and gene therapies has made it difficult for the global industry to keep up with talent requirements. The volume of clinical trials around the world – approximately 1,200 at this time  – puts pressure on manufacturers to scale-up the production of cells and viral vectors. CellCAN, a knowledge mobilization network in cell and gene ...'

Foundational knowledge in GMP Manufacturing - Hands-on Workshop WHY THIS WORKSHOP? The number of good manufacturing practice (GMP) facilities is growing in Canada with the rapid progressions in cell & gene therapy (CGT). This has created a need for well-trained highly qualified personnel (HQP), as working under GMP conditions and requirements for GMP manipulations are regulated and quite different than in standard research laboratories.  For this reason, CellCAN has been offering s...'