Microbix Hosts Ontario Minister Stephen Crawford

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix^®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, announces its hosting of the Honourable Stephen Crawford, Ontario’s Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement, for a site visit to tour the company’s advanced biotechnology development and manufacturing facilities and discuss how next generation diagnostics can improve health outcomes while reducing healthcare costs for Ontarians. The Province of Ontario has been a strong supporter of Microbix in recent years, with over C$ 2.0 million of grant funding from its Ontario Together Funds (OTF & OTF2). Those successful initiatives have helped build state-of-the-art manufacturing capacity and the development of many world-leading healthcare products, all while ensuring that Microbix’s operations remain firmly rooted here in Ontario. During the pandemic years of 2021 and 2022, Microbix supplied over 2 million units of VTM to Ontario, including 1.2 million units that were ordered on an emergency basis in December 2021, of which 450,000 were delivered on Christmas Eve.

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