TECHNOLOGY
FEBRUARY 2020
Paul Lem, a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s medical school, started Spartan Bioscience 14 years ago and says the firm is finally poised to scale up in a big way. PHOTO BY MARK HOLLERON
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The art (and science) of building a healthy biotech sector Compared with their higher-profile cousins in software, Ottawa’s tech companies devoted to medical therapies and devices face an uphill battle for funding and market penetration. OBJ looks at how they’re trying to overcome those obstacles