Danielle Allard

Centocor, Inc. manufactures healthcare products. Its products include avakine & reopro. The company was founded in 1979 by Hubert J. P. Schoemaker & Michael A. Wall and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Part of Pfizer Inc., Apollon, Inc. is a company that develops non viral DNA-based vaccines. The company is based in Malvern, PA. Apollon was acquired by Wyeth LLC, part of Pfizer Inc. from October 15, 2009 on May 11, 1998. The company was founded by Vincent R. Zurawski.

Business Development Bank of Canada provides commercial banking services. It offers business loans and consulting services to help Canadian businesses grow, both at home and abroad. The firm also offers a full spectrum of specialized financing, including venture capital, equity as well as growth and business transition capital through its subsidiaries. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Compugen, Inc. provides technology solutions and services. Its services include managed, professional, support and maintenance, asset disposal and recycling, hardware and software management and financing services. The company was founded by Harry Zarek in 1981 and is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada.

Gemin X Pharmaceuticals US Inc. is engaged in the development of cancer therapeutics. It offers mimetic and telomere capping programs, as well as screening, medicinal chemistry, and preclinical development services. The company was founded by Gordon C. Shore in 1998 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Concord Biosciences LLC provides preclinical contract research services that offers drug development to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. It drug safety, bio analytical services, concord agrochemicals, and commercial services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Concord, OH.

The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada operates a college for medical professionals. The non-profit company is based in Ottawa, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Andrew Padmos.

Professional Engineers Ontario operates as the licensing and regulating body for professional engineering in the province. It serves and protects the public interest by setting and upholding high academic, experience and professional practice standards for the engineering profession. The company was founded in June 14, 1922 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

BioQuebec is the largest biotechnology and life sciences network in Quebec, Canada. The private company is based in Bromont, Canada. BioQuebec's 130 members include companies and organizations that operate at every level of the biotechnology and life sciences innovation chain, ranging from biotechs to pharmas, contract research organizations, venture capital firms, and support organizations. The Canadian company engages in governmental representation, business development, and partnerships to support the growth of Quebec's biotechnology and life sciences industry, which creates wealth and specialized jobs, is focused on innovation and marketing, and is dedicated to improving everyone's health and quality of life. BioQuebec's actions aim to make Quebec one of the industry's most significant and valuable players on the international stage. The company was founded in 1991 by Pierre Alary, and the CEO is Mario Lebrun.

Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec operates as a self-regulatory body that governs Quebec's professional engineers. The firm specifically admits and supports its members, monitors and improves engineering practice and implements a disciplinary framework. It also conducts specific activities to promote prevention, raise the profile of the profession, improve and maintain competencies and ensure that engineers fulfill their ethical and professional obligations in their professional practice. The company was founded in February 14, 1920 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

McGill University Health Center provides health care services. The firm offers multidisciplinary patient centric care services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Varinel, Inc. is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company. The private company is based in West Chester, PA. The company was founded by Vincent R. Zurawski.

Auburn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. wholesales generic drugs. The private company is based in Troy, MI.

Génome Québec, Inc. develops genomics and DNA in Quebec. It helps to accelerate the discovery of new applications for genomics and DNA in strategic areas such as human health, forestry and the environment. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Quebec Blue Cross operates a not-for-profit organization. It offers travel and health insurance products. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Gestion Univalor LP Provides research services. Its services include researcher services, and industry and investors services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

National Research Council of Canada, provides research & development. It services include research programs and collaboration opportunities, technical and advisory services, licensing opportunities and industrial research assistance program. The company was founded by Graham W. Burton and is headquartered in Ottawa, ON.

Univalor, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development services. The company was founded on April 27, 2001 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Canadian Urologic Oncology Group operates as a clinical research investigator network. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Tekna Plasma Systems, Inc. develops, designs and constructs integrated plasma systems. It offers nanoparticle synthesis, coating applications, and powder plasma treatments such as spheroidization and purification for laboratory research and industrial-scale processes. The firm provides spheroidization, nanopowder, deposition and aerospace equipment, nano and spherical powders, powder treatment and logistic options. The company was founded by Maher I. Boulos and Jerzy W. Jurewicz in 1990 and is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec operates hospitals.

Avraham Pharmaceuticals Ltd. develops pharmaceutical products for prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Its lead product candidate, Ladostigil is designed to provide treatment for Mild Cognitive Impairment. The firm’s product candidate is a multifunctional compound that combines neuroprotective mechanisms: reducing oxidative stress and microglial activation, and inhibiting proinflamtory cytokines. The company was founded in 2010 by David Warshawsky and is headquartered in Yavneh, Israel.

Therillia Development Co., Inc. operates as a portfolio company of Sanderling Ventures. It develops novel drug candidates of interest to Sanderling and other venture capital investors from preclinical to clinical proof of concept. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Canada), Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. It discovered medicines to treat the cause of cystic fibrosis a genetic disease. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Consortium Québécois sur la Découverte du Médicament (CQDM) is a not-for-profit biopharmaceutical research consortium based in Montréal, Canada. CQDM's mission is to support and facilitate multi-stakeholder collaborative R&D aimed at accelerating the translation of innovative technologies into solutions that address unmet medical needs, while generating significant benefits for the Quebec and Canadian economy. CQDM funds the development of innovative tools and technologies that accelerate the discovery and development of safer and more effective drugs. The company's Quantum Leap pharma-led funding program for drug discovery research helps SMEs or Canadian universities achieve innovative translational biopharmaceutical research projects. CQDM's SynergiQC-International program is designed to promote university-based industrial research in the biopharmaceutical field with collaborators outside, that will generate economic benefits. The non-profit company was founded by Max Fehlmann.

Immune Biosolutions, Inc. develops polyclonal, recombinant chicken antibodies, diagnostic tools, nutraceuticals and antibody based drugs to explore and resolve health issues. The firm’s products include light speed, sunrise, sunshine-in-a-box, eclipse blocking reagents and aurora detection reagents. The company was founded by Frédéric Leduc, Simon Gaudreau and Jean-François Larrivée in 2012 and is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Diazon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development of the onco-therapeutic DZ-2384 that targets a proven therapeutic pathway in oncology. The company was founded by Anne Roulston, Gordon Shore and Patrick Harran in 2013 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.