Member Directory
Our members are the backbone of the Life Sciences sector.
Life Sciences Nova Scotia’s member community is comprised of a diverse group of life sciences innovators, research institutions, government agencies, investors, students and partners who offer a variety of support services.
Our members, along with our vital stakeholders, contribute significantly to the development of Nova Scotia’s Life Sciences sector.
In the pursuit of happiness, health is a necessity.
Wait times for specialist consultation in Nova Scotia are unacceptably long. This means that patients suffer needlessly. Medical
conditions can worsen while they wait to see specialists. The burden to care for these complex conditions falls entirely on family doctors. This is not fair.
Virtual Hallway is a solution. By providing an efficient and rapid system of specialist consultation, Virtual Hallway:
· Provides family doctors with rapid advice
· Allows for more streamlined approach to investigation and treatment
· Avoids unnecessary delays and suffering for patients
· Provides compensation to physician parties
Virtual Hallway is a physician owned and operated service, led by psychiatrists Drs. Jacob Cookey, Luke Napier, Daniel Rasic and health care innovator Justin Hartlen. The service started based on their observation that patients were waiting far too long for specialist consultation and that these delays were leading to more chronic, and disabling conditions. In speaking with family physicians, they saw that these doctors were trying their best against a system that was inefficient, and slow to change. The idea was that specialist input earlier on in a course of illness could streamline a person’s treatment, and optimize their care.
Our vision is to move the needle in breast cancer screening through precision breast health technologies.
Densitas supports
value-based care through advanced healthcare analytics powered by A.I. at the patient, clinic, and system levels.
Our solutions provide on-demand insights for tailored risk-based management of patients and enable healthcare administrators to monitor clinical, quality, and operational performance indicators.
Our platform is uniquely designed to be fully PACS-centric by operating on the routinely archived standard DICOM images that radiologists review and supports point-of-care and retrospective processing of mammograms.
Ardea Outcomes
Digital Health
902-410-3888
SH300-1701 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3M8
Ardea is a purpose-led, boutique CRO focused on improving health outcomes through patient-centric research from phase 1b through
commercialization. Our methods and digital products have been honed over 20+ years to ensure clinically meaningful evidence generation; throughout the clinical development cycle, we translate the patient voice into actionable evidence, moving from “what’s the matter” to “what matters most” for patients and caregivers in clinical research and care.
3D BioFibR Inc. is a Dalhousie University spin-off company that uses proprietary “dry spinning” process (mimicking spiders)
to produce low denier multifilament fibers from proteins (e.g. collagen and spider silk). 3D BioFibR focusses on protein-based fibers, typically collagen-based, braided and woven to medical device OEMs and 3D in vitro tissue culture.
Acadian Seaplants Limited
BioProducts
902.468.2840
902.468.3474
30 Brown Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B3B 1X8
Acadian Seaplants Limited (ASL) is a globally recognized industry leader in the processing of seaweed-based products for food,
biochemical, agricultural and agri-chemical markets worldwide and in the cultivation and processing of unique seaweeds for Asian as well as global food markets. Several noteworthy aspects of our operations include: the advanced methods used to harvest seaweeds as a sustainable, renewable resource and the technologies created to process the natural seaweed resources into value-added finished products for sale in exacting international markets. These activities have brought knowledge-based employment to Maritime Canadians and environmentally safe benefits to users of the finished products.
Freshr Sustainable Technologies
BioProducts
(902) 423-6427
101 Research Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4T6
Freshr Technologies (formerly Impactful Health R&D) develops sustainable active packaging solutions to extend the shelf life
of fresh proteins. Our Purpose is to innovate a zero-food waste future using advanced materials. Our vision for 2030 is to redefine the fresh protein sector globally by delivering 500 million pounds of fresh proteins using our innovative shelf-extension FreshrPack™ technology.
In the pursuit of happiness, health is a necessity.
Wait times for specialist consultation in Nova Scotia are unacceptably long. This means that patients suffer needlessly. Medical
conditions can worsen while they wait to see specialists. The burden to care for these complex conditions falls entirely on family doctors. This is not fair.
Virtual Hallway is a solution. By providing an efficient and rapid system of specialist consultation, Virtual Hallway:
· Provides family doctors with rapid advice
· Allows for more streamlined approach to investigation and treatment
· Avoids unnecessary delays and suffering for patients
· Provides compensation to physician parties
Virtual Hallway is a physician owned and operated service, led by psychiatrists Drs. Jacob Cookey, Luke Napier, Daniel Rasic and health care innovator Justin Hartlen. The service started based on their observation that patients were waiting far too long for specialist consultation and that these delays were leading to more chronic, and disabling conditions. In speaking with family physicians, they saw that these doctors were trying their best against a system that was inefficient, and slow to change. The idea was that specialist input earlier on in a course of illness could streamline a person’s treatment, and optimize their care.
Our vision is to move the needle in breast cancer screening through precision breast health technologies.
Densitas supports
value-based care through advanced healthcare analytics powered by A.I. at the patient, clinic, and system levels.
Our solutions provide on-demand insights for tailored risk-based management of patients and enable healthcare administrators to monitor clinical, quality, and operational performance indicators.
Our platform is uniquely designed to be fully PACS-centric by operating on the routinely archived standard DICOM images that radiologists review and supports point-of-care and retrospective processing of mammograms.
Ardea Outcomes
Digital Health
902-410-3888
SH300-1701 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3M8
Ardea is a purpose-led, boutique CRO focused on improving health outcomes through patient-centric research from phase 1b through
commercialization. Our methods and digital products have been honed over 20+ years to ensure clinically meaningful evidence generation; throughout the clinical development cycle, we translate the patient voice into actionable evidence, moving from “what’s the matter” to “what matters most” for patients and caregivers in clinical research and care.
3D BioFibR Inc. is a Dalhousie University spin-off company that uses proprietary “dry spinning” process (mimicking spiders)
to produce low denier multifilament fibers from proteins (e.g. collagen and spider silk). 3D BioFibR focusses on protein-based fibers, typically collagen-based, braided and woven to medical device OEMs and 3D in vitro tissue culture.
Acadian Seaplants Limited
BioProducts
902.468.2840
902.468.3474
30 Brown Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B3B 1X8
Acadian Seaplants Limited (ASL) is a globally recognized industry leader in the processing of seaweed-based products for food,
biochemical, agricultural and agri-chemical markets worldwide and in the cultivation and processing of unique seaweeds for Asian as well as global food markets. Several noteworthy aspects of our operations include: the advanced methods used to harvest seaweeds as a sustainable, renewable resource and the technologies created to process the natural seaweed resources into value-added finished products for sale in exacting international markets. These activities have brought knowledge-based employment to Maritime Canadians and environmentally safe benefits to users of the finished products.
Freshr Sustainable Technologies
BioProducts
(902) 423-6427
101 Research Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4T6
Freshr Technologies (formerly Impactful Health R&D) develops sustainable active packaging solutions to extend the shelf life
of fresh proteins. Our Purpose is to innovate a zero-food waste future using advanced materials. Our vision for 2030 is to redefine the fresh protein sector globally by delivering 500 million pounds of fresh proteins using our innovative shelf-extension FreshrPack™ technology.