Saskatoon-based nutrition company Bioriginal has taken on a new project in response to COVID-19. “We know chemistry, we know how to package, so we thought there’s a gap that we can fill and help our local community out,” Bioriginal CEO Joe Vidal said.
Working alongside the University of Saskatchewan (USask), Bioriginal has spent the past three weeks formulating and producing sanitizers called BioTide. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “It’s not the role of the university to be a long-term manufacturer, but we’re happy to help out in this emergency,” College of Agriculture and Bioresources associate dean of research Angela Bedard-Haughn said in a press release. “Without our help, the companies