Innovation Anthology #495:

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Dr. Michael Doschak’s success with a group of biologics or peptide compounds has opened the door to the commercialization of potential new treatments for osteoporosis.

This pharmaceutical scientist is a member of Team Osteo Arthritis Alberta which is funded by Alberta Innovates Health Solutions.

Working with TEC Edmonton at the University of Alberta, Dr. Doschak’s group has formed a spin-off company called Osteo Metabolics.

DR. MICHAEL DOSCHAK: Again we were fortunate with our bone targeting calcitonin compound to get a patent filed on that in both the US and European markets as well as the Canadian market. So we do have intellectual property secured on this compound. Our planned delivery is through trans-dermal micro-needle patches. So you’d put your patch on for osteo arthritis therapy and then take it off after an hour and maybe once a week. Again these are a pipeline of bone targeting compounds and we have our head office here in Edmonton.

Dr. Doschak says clinical trials for calcitonin will begin once his company Osteo Metabolics has secured a pharmaceutical partner.

Thanks today to Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

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I’M CHERYL CROUCHER

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Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions)

As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.

Our background

Alberta Innovates consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency  of the Government of Alberta. We receive a yearly allocation from the Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of Alberta.

Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.

Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.

Program Date: 2012-09-11