March 5, 2026 – As International Women’s Day approaches on March 8, 2026, FACIT is pleased to celebrate the achievements of women-led health and biotech companies that are driving innovative cancer solutions to help patients lead longer and healthier lives.
Tag: commercialization
FACIT joins strategic network to strengthen support for Ontario’s life science start-ups
December 5, 2025 – FACIT looks forward to working together with the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) and the consortium of strategic commercialization organizations to expand support for health innovators and start-ups across the province. The MOU brings together 11 key strategic commercialization partners in Ontario’s life sciences ecosystem.
FACIT launches Feather to Flight competition to build entrepreneurship skills within Ontario’s cancer research community
November 20, 2025 – FACIT is pleased to announce the launch of Feather to Flight (‘F2F”), a competition for Ontario oncology scientists to gain exposure to entrepreneurial skills needed to advance their innovations towards research impact and patient benefit. F2F expands FACIT’s continuum of Ontario First commercialization support programs.
Idea to Investment Podcast: How FACIT’s support propels early cancer innovations
January 17, 2025 – FACIT’s David Koehler, Director of Fund Operations, appeared on TechAlliance’s Idea to Investment podcast along with Saumik Biswas, President, CEO and Founder of Tenomix Inc. based in London, Ontario. Tenomix’s advancements exemplifies how FACIT’s continuum of commercialization programs can strategically capitalize on homegrown talent and innovations to spur promising start-ups to grow roots in Ontario and bring cancer solutions to benefit patients sooner.
FACIT and T-CAIREM at the University of Toronto partner to commercialize medical AI
August 2, 2023 – FACIT and T-CAIREM announce partnership to commercialize medical artificial intelligence (AI) innovations. The partners intend to harness both T-CAIREM’s innovative translational research in AI and FACIT’s unique commercialization-venture model to build the next generation of Ontario biotechnology companies. The joint mission will accelerate the benefits of AI research to support patients battling cancer.
From Idea to Start up: FACIT President’s interview with Amanda Lang
May 1, 2023 – Watch FACIT President Dr. David O’Neill’s interview with Amanda Lang, host of Taking Stock on BNN Bloomberg. The episode, titled From Idea to Start up, originally aired on April 28, 2023. This was part of a special series about innovation in Canada and some of the challenges and opportunities. FACIT was featured as a “success