Pfizer Canada Invests in Canadian Innovation, Announcing Winners of Open Call for Healthcare Solutions

KIRKLAND, QC, October 16, 2023 - Pfizer Canada ULC, in partnership with Communitech, announces today the tech and innovation startups selected from its open call to help address key challenges in Canadian healthcare, with the goal of enhancing outcomes and the patient experience. The initiative is driven by Pfizer Canada’s Healthcare Hub, a commitment to fostering innovation in the life sciences sector in Canada.

Following a quantitative and qualitative adjudication process by Pfizer Canada and other health system stakeholders that considered factors including market readiness, desirability of the solution to eventual users and scalability, the following startups and their proposals have been selected:

“We are pleased to see the robust response to Pfizer Canada’s call for solutions. It’s clear there is talent, dedication, and passion in Canada’s life science sector,” said Najah Sampson, President, Pfizer Canada. “This is an opportunity for creative collaboration, combining progress in the tech sector with our biopharmaceutical expertise. This is an essential part of Pfizer Canada’s Healthcare Hub, and we’re thrilled to support these new ideas to help improve care for patients. Together we’ll help to redefine healthcare in Canada by bringing these scalable solutions to life.”

Pfizer has committed to investing $1.4 million across this first cohort of the Healthcare Hub “Call for Solutions” winners. The backing from Pfizer for these innovators ranges from in-kind support to significant business donations to help design, develop, manufacture, and scale their respective solutions. These substantial investments reflect Pfizer’s goal of acting as a true accelerator for digital solutions that will bring a meaningful contribution to redefining healthcare in Canada. Support in bringing solutions to market is also provided by Communitech who offer a suite of growth resources targeted in helping homegrown innovations succeed.

The Pfizer Canada Healthcare Hub is part of a global network of 18 active Pfizer Healthcare Hubs including France, U.K., Belgium, Israel, Singapore and others. For more information visit Pfizer Canada Healthcare Hub.

About Pfizer Canada
Pfizer Canada ULC is the Canadian operation of Pfizer Inc., one of the world's leading biopharmaceutical companies. Our diversified healthcare portfolio includes some of the world's best known and most prescribed medicines and vaccines. We apply science and our global resources to improve the health and well-being of Canadians at every stage of life. Our commitment is reflected in everything we do, from our disease awareness initiatives to our community partnerships. To learn more about Pfizer Canada, visit pfizer.ca or you can follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, X or YouTube.

About Communitech
Communitech was founded in 1997 by a group of entrepreneurs committed to making Waterloo Region a global innovation leader. At the time it was just a wild idea, but somehow this community managed to pull it off. Today, Communitech is a public-private innovation hub that supports a community of more than 1,600 companies — from startups to scale-ups to large global players. Communitech helps tech companies start, grow and succeed in three distinct ways:


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