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Amacathera Collaborates With Leading Global Pharmaceutical Company

Amacathera Collaborates With Leading Global Pharmaceutical Company To Develop Single-Injection, Long-Acting Biologic Using Its Advanced Hydrogel Delivery Platform, Amacagel™ Read more

RBCx features AmacaThera’s journey

RBCx, the tech banking and investment arm of the Royal Bank of Canada, has featured AmacaThera’s drug development platform and start-up journey. Read more

AmacaThera Closes Series A Extension to Advance Clinical Development of Long Acting, Localized, Non-Opioid Therapeutics to Improve Post-Surgery Patient Care

AmacaThera, a leader in the development of novel injectable, localized therapeutics based upon its AmacaGel delivery platform, announced the closing of a CAD$4.0 million financing round. Read more

New study setting the stage for non-opioid analgesic in post-surgical pain management

AmacaThera collaborates with University Health Network to evaluate the economic impact of post-surgical opioid use. They are developing non-opioid analgesic, AMT-143, aiming to reduce the reliance on opioid medications. Read more

AmacaThera Doses First Subjects in Phase 1 Clinical Trial for AmacaGel™ Therapeutic Platform

AmacaThera Inc today announced that the first subjects have been dosed in the company's Phase 1 first-in-human clinical investigation of the safety of AmacaGel™. Read more

AmacaThera’s Lung Cancer Applications Recognized in QuickFire Challenge

AmacaThera has received grant funding from the Innovations for Vets QuickFire Challenge: Lung Cancer & Physical Trauma. Read more

How AMT-143 could reduce the post-surgical need for opioids

In June 2022, we created and published “Meet AmacaThera and learn about our novel hydrogel platform,” a 35-second animation. Watch the animated explainer inside this article. Read more

AmacaThera animation showcases company’s unique biotechnology

In June 2022, we created and published “Meet AmacaThera and learn about our novel hydrogel platform,” a one-minute animation that outlines its approach to drug development. Read more

AmacaThera CEO Mike Cooke accepted to adMare BioInnovations 2021-22 Executive Institute

adMare BioInnovations is pleased to announce the nine women and nine men from diverse backgrounds and representing a wide range of life science businesses across the country, selected to join this year’s adMare Academy Executive Institute. Read more

AmacaThera named CIX Top 20 Early company

Amacathera Inc. has been named a Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX)’s Top 20 Early company for 2021. Read more

CBC's Quirks & Quarks features AmacaThera Co-Founder Dr. Molly Shoichet

ICYMI: Thanks to CBC's Quirks and Quarks for re-running this November 2020 interview with our co-founder, Dr. Molly Shoichet. Read more

Out of the lab, into the marketplace

Globe and Mail features AmacaThera’s Series A financing Read more

AmacaThera Announces Close of Oversubscribed Series A Financing

Clinical trials set to begin on their proprietary drug delivery platform addresses key problem in sustained therapeutic delivery and is applicable to numerous disease indications and therapeutic modalities​. Read more

Professor Molly Shoichet awarded the Gerzhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal

Biomedical engineer’s novel hydrogel designs useful for regenerative medicine. Read more

AmacaThera Secures Funding to Initiate Phase I Trial of Non-Opioid Pain Control Therapeutic

AmacaThera, a Toronto-based company commercializing hydrogel-based drug delivery platforms, has already raised $3.25 million (CAD) in seed financing from Sprout BioVentures, Viva Biotech, and Grey Sky Venture Partners. Read more

Ontario Names Molly Shoichet the Province's First Chief Scientist

Shoichet Will Help Accelerate Scientific Innovation and Advance Science in Government Decision-Making. Read more