Recommendation: That, on the
recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services, Chief Financial
Officer and City Treasurer and the Director, Corporate Investments and
Partnerships, the following actions be taken with respect to the development
of London’s Medical Innovation and Commercialization Network:
a) the
vision for London’s Medical Innovation and Commercialization Network BE
SUPPORTED IN PRINCIPLE, subject to the preparation of a governance structure;
and,
b) in
collaboration with St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation, London Health
Sciences Foundation, Lawson Health Research Institute, Robarts Research
Institute, London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph’s Health Care and
Western University, the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to develop a
governance structure, as noted in a) above, for the Medical Innovation and
Commercialization Network; it being noted that the proposed governance
structure will be presented at a future meeting of the Investment and
Economic Prosperity Committee;
it being noted that the Investment and
Economic Prosperity Committee (IEPC) heard the attached presentation
from Dr. Michael Strong, Robarts Research Institute, Dr. David Hill, London
Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care, Dan Ross, London Health
Sciences Foundation and Michelle Campbell, St. Joseph's Health Care London,
with respect to this matter.
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