Wanted: bucks for Canadian biotech

...Really, investors have done extremely well — if they were investing at the right time in those companies." While there is no doubt these ambitious, young biotech firms are definitely on to something when it comes to innovative new drug products, the challenge now, says Lawless, will be to keep the momentum going with continued involvement in North American biotech trade and financing conferences.

"This is a contact sport.

You have to be able to be seen, you have to be able to perform and you have to be able to deal," he says.

As for finding financing for the long haul, Lawless is optimistic.

"Once those channels are opened up they tend to stay open." Erin Pooley joined Canadian Business in 2005 and writes about biotech, pharmaceutical and business-education issues.

Prior to joining the magazine she worked as a senior analyst in health-care administration at the University Health Network in Toronto.

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RoughRiders' Regular Season Home Finale Tomorrow Night

... RoughRiders' Regular Season Home Finale Tomorrow Night - OurSports Central Independent and Minor League Sports News Baseball Women HOME SERVICES Message Boards OSC Radio RSS Feeds Search Shopping Netcasts City Search Scores & Schedule Today's Headlines Today's Releases OSC Originals Employment Team Tryouts Tell a Friend Photo Albums Massey Ratings ABOUT US Contact OSC Join the OSC Network Advertising Privacy Policy User Survey TEAM & LEAGUE SERVICES Team Press Releases League Press Releases Tryouts Submission Article Update Service RoughRiders' Regular Season Home Finale Tomorrow Night 03/23/06 - United States Hockey League (USHL) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Cedar Rapids, Iowa- The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders will play their final regular season home game tomorrow evening at 7:05 against the Chicago Steel.

Fans attending the game will have the chance to bid on RoughRiders warm-up jerseys, win a car and receive a free i wireless/RoughRider t-shirts.The RoughRiders will auction off their special edition Rockwell Collins warm-up jerseys immediately following tomorrow night's game.

Proceeds from the live auction will benefit the United Way.

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Schepens receives French Legion of Honor Award

... Harvard Gazette: Schepens receives French Legion of Honor Award Current Issue: March 23, 2006 News News, events, features Science/Research Latest scientific findings Profiles The people behind the university Community Harvard and neighbor communities Sports Scores, highlights, upcoming games On Campus Newsmakers, notes, students, police log Arts Museums, concerts, theater Calendar Two-week listing of upcoming events Subscribe Gazette headlines delivered to your desktop Schepens receives French Legion of Honor AwardCited for bravery in war - and lab Schepens The French Consul General in Boston M.

Francois Gauthier conferred the insignia of Knight of the Legion of Honor on Charles L.

Schepens, clinical professor of ophthalmology emeritus, in a special ceremony on March 21.

Given on behalf of the French government, the prestigious award recognizes Schepens' patriotic service to the Nazi resistance in World War II, and his lifelong contribution to advancements in the diagnosis an...

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