NerView Surgical is a medtech startup based in Hamilton, Ontario developing a handheld imaging device that gives surgeons the ability to visualize nerves in real time during surgery. It sounds like something that should already exist. It doesn't. The current standard of care is the naked eye.

In this episode, Jim Wilson speaks with founder and CEO Mann Parikh about a company born out of a university course at McMaster, driven forward by a thousand cold emails to surgeons, and now supported by advisors at some of the most respected medical institutions in the world including Mayo Clinic, Stanford Medicine, and Harvard Medical School.

Mann also opens up about the challenge of proving credibility as a student founder, the mentors who helped shape his thinking, and why he believes the best thing any young entrepreneur can do is stop waiting and start building.

Based in Kitchener, Ontario, BioHub is an applied research facility at Conestoga College that helps companies move ideas from concept to commercialization.

Their model is simple but powerful: instead of renting space or equipment, they provide hands-on technical expertise and student talent to solve real industry challenges in biotechnology and biosciences. With seven lab spaces including biosafety level two certification, state of the art analytical equipment, and a team of subject matter experts, BioHub is quietly becoming one of the most useful resources in the Waterloo Region life sciences ecosystem.

In this episode, host Jim Wilson speaks with research lead Anthony Bauer about a facility that is only a year old but already gaining serious traction. Anthony explains how BioHub fills a gap that incubators and universities often miss, why companies at any stage can benefit from what they offer, and why the Waterloo Toronto corridor is one of the most exciting places in Canada to be building something right now.

Vasomune Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotech company that spun out of Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto. Their lead molecule targets vascular leak, a common underlying factor in some of the most serious conditions in medicine including sepsis, pneumonia, cerebral edema, and severe burns.

In this episode, Jim Wilson speaks with the President and CEO if Vasomune, Brian Jahns, about a company that has made remarkable progress to date and secures nearly $10million USD in non-dilutive funding.

Brian makes a passionate case for Canadian self-reliance in life sciences... and asks Jim to share how the NGBi podcasts started.