Northern RNA is a Canadian biomanufacturing company based in Calgary, Alberta.
History
Northern RNA was founded on August 19, 2020 by Brad Stevens and Thomas Hansen,[1][2][3] though Stevens' LinkedIn profile suggests the company began work in February 2020.[4]
COVID-19
On January 21, 2021, Northern RNA and Providence Therapeutics received a $5,050,000 grant from the Government of Canada through the Global Innovation Clusters initiative to "develop a made-in-Canada COVID-19 mRNA vaccine" and "establish mRNA vaccine manufacturing capacity within Canada and build a raw material supply chain that supports an exciting new industry."[5]
On January 26, 2021, Providence Therapeutics announced that it had begun Phase I clinical trials for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, manufactured in partnership with Northern RNA, which provided the "basic building blocks" of RNA for the product.[3:1][6]
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Stevens | Co-founder[3:2] | City of Calgary, Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD)[7] |
| Thomas Hansen | Co-founder and Vice President[2:1] | Calgary Drop-In Centre, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Canadian Network of Asset Managers (CNAM) |
| Michael Crothers | Board Chair | Shell |
| Kevin Appelhof | Board member | Carbon Controls, International Society of Automation (ISA), Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET) |
| Jared Davis | Board member | Arcturus Therapeutics, Providence Therapeutics |
External links
Northern RNA Inc. Profile. SEDAR. Retrieved July 18, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.07.18-025138/https://www.sedar.com/DisplayProfile.do?lang=EN&issuerType=03&issuerNo=00052388 ↩︎
Thomas Hansen. Calgary Drop-in Centre. Retrieved July 18, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230718025503/https://calgarydropin.ca/who-we-are/our-team/thomas-hansen/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Stephenson, A. (2021, January 26). Made-in-Canada COVID vaccine to be manufactured in Calgary; clinical trials have now begun. Calgary Herald. http://archive.today/2021.05.13-174140/https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/made-in-canada-covid-vaccine-to-be-manufactured-in-calgary-clinical-trials-have-now-begun ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Brad Stevens. LinkedIn. Retrieved July 17, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.07.18-041625/https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-stevens-13a13223/ ↩︎
Canada’s cluster projects: COVID-19 response. (2022, August 19). Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20230706210728/https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/global-innovation-clusters/en/canadas-cluster-projects-covid-19-response ↩︎
Villani, M. (2021, February 2). Providence Therapeutics seeking federal support for “made-in-Canada” COVID-19 vaccine. CTV News Calgary. http://archive.today/2022.07.11-165610/https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/providence-therapeutics-seeking-federal-support-for-made-in-canada-covid-19-vaccine-1.5292681 ↩︎
Board of Directors. Northern RNA. Retrieved July 18, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230718030441/https://northernrna.com/board-of-directors/ ↩︎
