Shail Joshi has a thing for the water in Collingwood. As a chemical engineer, he should know. “The water filtration system here is better than in the city,” he explains…. Continue reading →
Industry News
Deuterium Plays Role in Technological Breakthrough
Deuterium is used for pharmaceuticals and product development for its ability to be used for radiolabeling. Isowater’s® move to refining deuterium in a step closer to insuring the world’s supply… Continue reading →
Heavy water, lightbulb idea
Aug 15, 2018 1:00 PM by: Erika Engel A Collingwood-based science and technology company hopes to encourage more youth into STEM industries. Science, technology, engineering and math – or STEM… Continue reading →
Isowater® Corporation: “Connecting Nuclear Products to Non-Nuclear Markets”
The Canadian nuclear industry has long been a world leader in research and technology development, from manufacturing novel reactors to globally exporting items such as radioisotopes and deuterium oxide. This… Continue reading →
AVP-786: Progress in the Use of Deuterium in Alzheimer’s Treatment
In the continuing clinical trials, Avanir Pharmaceuticals’ drug, AVP-786, is showing the progress being made in the use of deuterium in medical science. Successes like this pharmaceutical will continue to… Continue reading →
Deuterium’s Role in the Future of Medicine
The global pharmaceutical industry has been advanced significantly by Vertex [NASDAQ: VRTX] and their potential improvement for the treatment of cystic fibrosis via the use of a novel deuterated drug CTP-656. Vertex’s stock increased… Continue reading →
First Deuterated Drug, Austedo (deutrabenazine) by Teva approved by FDA
Isowater® is pleased to see this precedent setting FDA approval in place for Austedo by Teva. It has had the developmental name of SD-809. As it is for the treatment… Continue reading →
Deuterium use in Life Science Applications Highlighted in Specialty Chemicals Magazine
Deuterium oxide is being used in key pharmaceutical applications as reported by Dr. Sarah Harding of Specialty Chemicals Magazine in their Pharmaceuticals section of the April 2017 magazine. With a… Continue reading →
The Chemical and Engineering News – Deuterated Drugs & Isowater’s® Role
The Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN), a publication of the American Chemical Society is a leading source of technical information for the Life Sciences industry. An article published in early… Continue reading →
The Economist Magazine Reports on Deuterated Pharmaceuticals
The excitement and growth potential of deuterated pharmaceuticals is going main-stream as reported in the Economist magazine in their Medical Chemistry section (see link below). With the emphasis being “Drugs… Continue reading →