Solid State Pharma

The SSPI team wishes all our friends and colleagues a safe and happy holiday season!

The SSPI team had a wonderful time at our annual holiday party last weekend!

The holiday spirit is in full swing at SSPI! Thank you to our friends at Indigenous Box Inc. for putting together these wonderful gift boxes for our team.

Meet Solid State Pharma Inc., a finalist for Export Business of the Year for the 2025 Halifax Business Awards. Solid State Pharma delivers client success with proprietary workflows that combine the fundamentals of crystallization and solid state science with years of experience. As a partner to pharmaceutical companies, they combine rigorous experimentation with insightful analysis to generate knowledge. “If you can sell your product or service in Canada and you do not have a physical constraint, then you can sell it elsewhere too. Just believe in yourself and your product or service” - Mahmoud Mirmehrabi, President Join us in supporting and cheering on the champions of our business community at the Awards this Thursday, January 23, 2025! Registration is now open! Check out https://lnkd.in/eiQQqHuf to get your tickets! Solid State Pharma

SSPI wishes all our American friends and colleagues a Happy Thanksgiving!

🎉 Huge congratulations to two of our incredible member companies, Solid State Pharma and NovaResp - Respiratory AI, for being nominated and now finalists for the 2024 Halifax Chamber of Commerce Business Awards! 🏆 These companies exemplify what it means to Level Up in innovation and impact. Their dedication to advancing life sciences is truly inspiring. Want to hear more about their journeys? 🎧 Check out their stories on our New Wave Podcast! https://lnkd.in/eGvBt6TJ Solid State Pharma: Season 2/Episode 2 NovaResp: Season 1/Episode 2 Let’s cheer them on as they continue to make waves in our community! 🌊

SSPI was proud to sponsor the Emerging Professional Award at the Discovery Awards last night. Congratulations to Dr. Finlay Maguire on his win, and to all the nominees in this category!

Congratulations to Dr. Finlay Maguire, #DiscoveryAwards 2024 Emerging Professional Recipient! Since becoming a faculty member at Dalhousie University in 2022, Dr. Finlay Maguire has emerged as a leading interdisciplinary researcher with real-world impacts at local, national, and global levels. His research focuses on developing and applying data-intensive methods to tackle critical health challenges, particularly using DNA data to improve infection diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. This includes exploring why bacteria become resistant to antibiotics and tracking viruses that jump between humans and animals. He is committed to translating his research into actionable health insights and regularly works with public health officials, veterinarians, and clinicians to directly inform clinical decision-making and public health policy. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Maguire played a central role in tracking new viral variants with the Public Health Agency of Canada and has been heavily involved in the national response to recent mpox and avian influenza crises. On a global scale, his discovery of the first known case of SARS-CoV-2 infection from wildlife contact drove a fundamental shift in the public health response to the pandemic. Similarly, through leadership work in several international public health organizations, he has developed multiple computational tools and protocols adopted by over 50 national and supranational public health institutions. Beyond infectious diseases, he works on understanding online radicalization, identifying risk factors of pregnancy-related complications to improve rural healthcare, and building global health research capacity. With over 350 collaborators, he has published 50 peer-reviewed papers and secured over $14M in research funding. Beyond his professional achievements, Dr. Maguire supports vulnerable populations through local organizations like Shelter Nova Scotia and the Halifax Community Learning Network and advocates for better refugee healthcare access. Dr. Maguire’s exceptional research and dedication to public health, combined with his community involvement, make him a candidate for the 2024 Discovery Awards Emerging Professional Award category. Thank you to the Emerging Professional Award sponsor Solid State Pharma Thank you to Discovery Awards sponsor Dalhousie University.

SSPI will be closed Monday November 11th in honor of Remembrance Day.

We’re honoured to recognize the support of our Award Sponsors for each of our 7 prestigious #DiscoveryAward categories! 🎉 Your commitment helps us celebrate and uplift the remarkable achievements in Atlantic Canada’s science and innovation community. 🌟 Youth Award, sponsored by Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, and Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University. 🌟 Hall of Fame Award, sponsored by HanMac Capital and Micco Companies. 🌟 Emerging Professional Award, sponsored by Solid State Pharma 🌟 Professional of Distinction Award, sponsored by Stewart McKelvey 🌟 Innovation Award, sponsored by NOVONIX 🌟 Science Champion Award, sponsored by CIBC 🌟 Public Impact Award, presented by Research Nova Scotia Thank you to each sponsor for making this celebration possible and for your dedication to inspiring future generations. Together, we’re building a thriving future for science and discovery! www.discoveryawards.ca