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Peazazz and Peazac Pea Proteins FDA GRAS Notified

10/21/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, October 21, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU), a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins, is pleased to announce today that the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has issued a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) no-objection letter for Peazazz® and Peazac® pea proteins.  The “Letter of No…

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Burcon Announces Results of Shareholder Meeting

09/18/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, September 18, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU) a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins, is pleased to announce the results from its 2019 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on September 17, 2019.  All of the seven nominees set out in Burcon’s management proxy circular dated…

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Burcon Updates on Development Activities

09/17/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, September 17, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU), a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins, is pleased to provide an update of its recent development activities.  Burcon and its partners have now funded their full share of the capital contributions to Merit Functional Foods Corporation (“Merit Foods” or…

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Burcon Receives Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent Office for Peazazz Pea Protein Patent

08/21/2019

 Vancouver, British Columbia, August 21, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU), a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins, announced today that it has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application covering certain valuable attributes of Burcon’s Peazazz® pea protein.  A notice…

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Burcon Announces Appointment of Calvin Chi Leung Ng to its Board of Directors

07/23/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, July 23, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU), a global leader in developing functionally and nutritionally valuable plant-proteins, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Calvin Chi Leung Ng as a director of its board.  Mr. Ng is a director of Large Scale Investments Limited (“Large Scale”) and Great Intelligence…

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Burcon Updates on Development Activities

07/08/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, July 8, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU), a global leader in developing functionally and nutritionally valuable plant-proteins, is pleased to provide an update of its recent development activities.  Burcon has now funded its share of the initial capital contribution to Merit Functional Foods Corporation (“Merit Foods” or “Merit”) by using…

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Burcon Announces Details of Over-Subscribed Rights Offering

07/04/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, July 4, 2019 – Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX:BU) (“Burcon“),  a leader in developing functionally and nutritionally valuable plant proteins, is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated June 26, 2019 with respect to the completion of Burcon’s rights offering (the “Rights Offering“),  the Rights Offering was over-subscribed and, as…

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