McMaster HealthLabs

McMaster HealthLabs is a Canadian non-profit health research and testing organization formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to develop operational research initiatives and testing solutions. The organization works with scientists and physicians from McMaster University, the Research Institute of St. Joseph’s Hamilton, and other Canadian research partners. Its activities have centered on infectious disease testing, workplace and border screening studies, and evidence-generation programs designed to inform public-health and business decisions. McMaster HealthLabs is best known for its COVID-19 travel and border surveillance work, including studies conducted with partners such as Air Canada and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. It appears to operate more as a service, research, and diagnostics organization than as a therapeutic drug developer.