A trio of Nova Scotia doctors and a former biotech executive are aiming to improve the efficiency of the healthcare system via an online platform for consultations with specialist physicians.

Doctors Luke Napier, Daniel Rasic and Jacob Cookey started Virtual Hallway in 2019 because they were struggling to schedule and document the phone consults they were performing. Former Covina Biomedical

Saint John-based Elandas, which sells software that allows doctors to easily check whether a drug is covered by their patient’s insurance, has bought Pennsylvania’s AccessSync.

Elandas CEO Ryan Roberts said in an interview that his company will also adopt the AccessSync name because it better evokes the business’s value proposition.

His company’s suite of SaaS software for the United States

Health product-maker Nature’s Way Canada will partner with Wentworth, N.S.-based cannabis producer Breathing Green Solutions to launch a new supplement containing Omega 3 oil and CBD oil.

Dubbed Briight CBD, the product is the result of Nature’s Way receiving Health Canada approval to open a cannabis research lab. The gel capsules, which include one part CBD oil to 10 parts Omega 3 oil, will be

Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship is looking for bluetech startups to fill out a survey for its 2022 Ocean Enterprise stud. The deadline is 5:00 p.m. AST on July 7.

The report, which is published every two years, aims to quantify the growth of oceans companies that sell technology or platforms focused on conducting observations, taking measurements or analyzing

Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc., which specializes in producing synthetic materials for industrial applications, has announced a plan to raise US$50 million or about C$64 million by selling additional shares.

Meta’s stock, which trades on the Nasdaq, fell by more than a third on the news, dropping from US$1.92 at the open Friday to US$1.17 by the close. The company, which was once Atlantic

Charlottetown’s RPS Biologiques has signed an exclusive distribution deal with pharmaceutical and life sciences specialist Agrovet Chile to distribute RPS’s treatment for sea lice on farmed salmon.

In a press release, RPS said it expects the Agrovet deal to generate at least $8 million worth of sales over the next three years, adding that Chile is the world's second-largest provider of farmed

A year ago, Emma Faulkner was worried her 12,000-word thesis on women’s rights and education in 18th Century England might not be the educational milestone that tech startups were looking for in a potential employee.

She was wrapping up her Masters of Arts in Literature at Dalhousie University, and about to make her way into the “real world” – a place with an endless appetite for programmers and

Dartmouth-based Graphite Innovation and Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Eastern Pacific Shipping under which the Singapore-based shipping line will apply GIT’s protective coating to its ships.

The two companies issued a press release Wednesday announcing the partnership. It comes four months after GIT was accepted into the bluetech accelerator that Eastern Pacific operates

Applications have opened for the third Ocean Startup Challenge, which will offer idea- and early-stage bluetech startups up to $40,000 each, as well as specialized training, mentorship, networking, and events. 

Organized by the Ocean Startup Project, the Ocean Startup Challenge is a program that provides funding and mentorship to early-stage oceantech startups. Each year, it awards development

Dalhousie University has won international recognition for its work facilitating the transition of student and researcher innovations into commercially viable products and services.  

Its Dal Innovates program is one of two winners of the Deshpande Symposium Award for Technology Commercialization, awarded at the Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education in Ohio.