Ian Smith
Phone: 204-983-7526
Fax: 204-984-6978
Email: Ian.Smith@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Centre for the Commercialization of Biomedical Technology.
The NRC Centre for the Commercialization of Biomedical Technology (NRC-CCBT) is a 5500 m2, $12M commercialization centre located adjacent to the NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics. The NRC-CCBT is designed as a model for public-private sector partnerships in commercialization, which is a key element of NRC's cluster strategy being pursued at NRC locations across Canada.
The centre houses Biomedical Commercialization Canada Inc. (BCC), a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing biomedical commercialization by providing resources to help innovators, entrepreneurs and start-up companies build science and technology based business opportunities.
Currently, BCC is mentoring a number of biomedical and technology-based client companies and has forged relationships with the biomedical sector nationally and internationally. The collaboration between NRC partners (NRC-IBD, CISTI and IRAP) and BCC has created a pipeline to take research innovations from idea to market.