AICE Market Access – Funded Projects

The Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Market Access Program accelerates health innovations that face evidentiary hurdles in achieving market access. The Program supports small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and real-world testing sites (Testing Sites) in carrying out clinical trials, feasibility studies or real-world trials to fast-track commercial progression and market adoption.

Project at a Glance

Funding Recipient: 16 projects
Funding Awarded: $600,000
Project Duration: Jan 1, 2020 – Jan 1, 2027
Sector: Health & Life Sciences
Program: Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE)

The Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Market Access Program accelerates health innovations that face evidentiary hurdles in achieving market access. The Program supports small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and real-world testing sites (Testing Sites) in carrying out clinical trials, feasibility studies or real-world trials to fast-track commercial progression and market adoption.

Main Project Partners 

Project Title 

Award Date

Value
Rapid Infection Diagnostics Inc.

Clinical Effectiveness Studies of BSIDx, a Rapid Diagnostic Platform for Bloodstream InfectionsAI-MedCraft: Validating an AI-DrivenPlatform for Accelerated Drug Discovery and Market Readiness

2025-10-01

$600,000

Voyageur Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Comparative studies and regulatory approvals to facilitate market access and expansion in the radiology industry.

2025-02-01

$600,000

Syantra Inc.

Multi-biomarker RNA- and ML-based whole blood test for breast screening: validation in women at elevated risk

2025-01-15

$600,000

Pacylex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Phase 2a clinical trial of daily oral zelenirstat in treatment refractory solid tumour patients

2024-07-01

$600,000

OraQ AI Inc.

Integration of Oral Health into Overall Health through a first of its kind, AI/ML driven medical-dental integrated OraQ Dental Wellness Score. (OWS)

2024-07-01

$600,000

Kent Imaging Inc.

SnapshotNIR Medical Imaging PAD Project

2024-02-01

$600,000

Nanostics Inc.

Commercialization of the ClarityDX Prostate test

2023-05-01

$600,000

Qualisure Diagnostics Inc.

Gaining US Market Traction for Thyroid GuidePx

2023-03-15

$600,000

Rehabtronics Inc.

Demonstration Pilots of the Prelivia Pressure Injury Prevention System

2022-01-01

$600,000

Coalese Health Systems Incorporated

Clinic Quality Improvement and Evaluation Study

2021-08-01

$244,866

Dr. Michael Hill of University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services and Forest Devices, Inc.

Surface EEG Evaluation of Prehospital Stroke (SEGUE-PS)

2021-03-01

$300,000

Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc.

Validation of AI-based Cardiac Image Processing Solution in Clinical Environment

2020-12-01

$300,000

Kent Imaging Inc.

Tissue oxygenation assessment in a diversified chronic wound population

2020-09-01

$252,661

Hanalytics Solutions Inc. (Zamplo)

Real World Use of the MyHealthJournal Digital Health Platform: A Critical Step Towards Building an Ecosystem of Patient-Centered Care with PROMs Data and Patient Activation

2020-06-01

$269,704

Pacylex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Phase I Trial of PCLX-001 in Relapsed/Refractory Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)

2020-06-01

$300,000

MEDO.ai Inc.

Hip Dysplasia Ultrasound Screening Using Artificial Intelligence: A Feasibility Study

2020-06-01

$300,000

Mikata Health Inc.

Implementation and evaluation of a conversational health technology to assess and improve the health of adults with frailty

2020-01-13

$237,795