The province sinking $500,000 into a new knowledge cluster at UNB Saint John that it hopes will translate into growth and jobs.
Health and Life Sciences New Brunswick brings together academic, health and business leaders to attract investment from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
Premier David Alward says he's aware of exciting research by a Sackville company-Soricimed Biopharma.
He says the company took the venom from a garden shrew and is in human trials working on diagnostic tools for cancers.
He says that type of research keeps smart people working in the province and brings good ideas to the forefront to develop the economy and all of it can be happening in Saint John.
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