Globe & Mail - Look Who Just Landed on MaRS

On June 6, 2009, Arshia was quoted in The Globe and Mail in “Look Who Just Landed on MaRS” about the newly appointed CEO of MaRS Innovation. Arshia noted ““Canada spends a lot of money on R and D,” says Arshia Tabrizi, a Toronto-based technology lawyer who honed his skills working in Silicon Valley. “There were lots of papers, a ton of patents, but the government's not seeing much of a return on their investments.” For the full article visit here: http://www.globecampus.ca/in-the-news/article/look-who-just-landed-on-mars/. MaRS Innovation was created as a single, market-facing commercialization storefront for Toronto’s renowned academic institutions and its goal is to advance commercialization through industry partnerships, licensing and company creation.

MaRS Innovation aggregates the discovery pipeline in life sciences, physical sciences, information and communication technology, and cleantech from its member institutions, which include 3 universities, 10 academic teaching hospitals and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research: http://www.marsdd.com/mars/MaRS-Centre/Our-Tenants/MaRS-Innovation.html