We have your competition ready.

YORKbiotech presents the fourth annual (HBVC 2010) with 91亚色's .

Through the venture challenge, selected teams will design a fully utilizable commercialization plan, receiving expert feedback and the chance to glean indispensable knowledge from mentors throughout the competition.

For those seeking additional support, the HBVC also provides an opportunity to attend an educational seminar taught by Schulich faculty and experienced insiders. There participants will learn the basics of business plan writing, the features of a successful proposal and tips on presenting to potential investors.

Financial rewards are not all that聽HBVC 2010聽has to offer; in fact we think it's the least important part. Curtis Caldwell, the 2008 grand prize winner, put it best when he said, "We knew we had a good idea, but had not determined the best way to commercialize it. The HBVC teamed us up with an experienced mentor and鈥e also benefited from pitching our plan and getting feedback from a panel of industry experts. The HBVC put us on the right track to start a business."

Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to take your innovation to the next level. If you're ready to commercialize, you're ready for HBVC.

For more information, visit the Web site. Registration applications are due by Sept. 17.

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What do you get when you match an inventor with a business student?聽Among many things, you get a聽commercialization plan for a new product or discovery that聽could potentially transform health care.

That was the case聽in YORKbiotech's sanofi pasteur Healthcare and Biotechnology聽Venture Challenge 2009 competition, which聽matched聽students聽enrolled in the MBA Program in 91亚色's Schulich School of Business with聽inventors of viable health-care inventions to devise聽market strategies and goals to commercialize new products. Industry mentors were on hand聽to offer聽teams advice and guidance.聽Each team聽consisted of聽two students working with product inventors and a mentor for a chance to win more than聽$17,000 in prizes.

Above: From left, Gavin Zealey (contest judge), scientist Arjen Bogaards and MBA students Dilip Chary and Saif Mohamed

The project, which started last fall, saw teams work with the聽inventors to聽learn about the product and then create a聽commercialization plan before Nov. 29, 2009.

In the final stage of the competition, three shortlisted聽teams pitched their invention commercialization plans to a panel of judges in a session that resembled an episode from 鈥淒ragons' Den鈥�, the popular CBC Television venture-capitalist show. Industry experts聽Gavin Zealey,聽executive director of聽corporate development for sanofi pasteur Ltd.; Borys Chabursky, founder and president of SHI Consulting Inc.; and Janet Lambert, president & CEO with Lambert BioConsulting, served as聽the competition's judges.

The winners of the 2009 sanofi pasteur Healthcare聽& Biotechnology聽Venture Challenge are:

Sono Pharmaceuticals Inc., which placed first for its venture involving photodynamic therapy聽and sonodynamic therapy聽to produce an immune-therapeutic response to treat certain cancers.聽The team includes scientific entrepreneur Arjen Bogaards聽and MBA students聽Dr. Dilip Chary (who is also a family practitioner)聽and聽Saifuddin Tajuddin Mohamed. The team was awarded $7,500 and a business advisory package provided by MaRS Business Services, valued at $2,500.

Above: From left, Schulich Professor Amin Mawani, MBA students Aravind Petlu and Nilotpala Jena, and scientist Herman Lo

The second place award of $5,000 went to ViewsIQ Inc. for聽its real-time slide-scanning system for digital pathology. The product, named EyesIQ, is a聽diagnostic tool for scanning, storing and retracing pathologists' image data. The team included scientist Herman Lo and MBA students Aravind Petlu and Nilotpala Jena.

The team awarded third place and a cash prize of $2,500 was J. Strupat Technologies Ltd. for a portable pandemic ventilator聽life-critical system that provides mechanical聽assistance to individuals who are unable to breathe properly due to infection or physical damage. The team was聽comprised of scientist John Strupat and MBA students Darryl Baptiste and聽Akyljan Noupbaev.

Above: From left, Janet Lambert (contest judge), MBA students聽Akyljan Noupbaev and Darryl Baptiste, and scientist John Strupat

Fostering an entrepreneurial culture is integral to this competition, says Janet LeClair, chief administrative officer of , who organized the competition along with聽Schulich Professor Amin Mawani.聽鈥淪uch collaboration between scientific, business and academic communities is essential in connecting concept to commerce,鈥� LeClair says. 鈥淭he competition helps in identifying investment opportunities critical to move the economy forward.鈥�

sanofi pasteur was the gold sponsor for the competition, MaRS and the Town of Markham were silver sponsors, while bronze sponsors聽were the Health Technology Exchange聽and 91亚色 Region District School Board.

About YORKbiotech Inc.

YORKbiotech is a growing cluster of public- and private-sector members that promotes the聽convergence and commercialization of research and development in information聽& communications technologies and biomedical technologies.

Its members include biotechnology-related companies from Toronto through 91亚色 Region to Simcoe County, along with service providers, industry associations, research and educational institutions, municipalities, hospitals and government.

It is one of 12 active clusters in , which supports partnerships among business, institutions and local governments to promote innovation. 91亚色 is a founding member of YORKbiotech.

By Sana Mulji Dutt. Republished courtesy of YFile 鈥� 91亚色鈥檚 daily e-bulletin.

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