and enabling a network of small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) to grow and prosper and
to bridge the gap between great early stage
Canadian discoveries and innovation and the
industrial knowledge needed to translate
that discovery into a therapeutic option for
patients across the globe.
ENABLING
ECOSYSTEM
Bornoutof theclosureof and
AstraZeneca’S R&D Centre
in Montreal, NEOMED re-
launched the site as a state-
of-the-art research facility
for the benefit of the Canadian
Life Sciences ecosystem. NEOMED
acquired a second R&D site, from their
partner GlaxoSmithKline in 2015, and were
named and funded as a federal Centre of Ex-
cellence for Commercialization and Research
(CECR) in 2014.
The not-for-profit institute currently sup-
ports 10 in-licensed therapeutic programs,
two world-class R&D facilities housing 30 resi-
dent companies which collectively employ
more than 350 people through its two sites,
(Montreal Technoparc and the Cité de la Bio-
tech in Laval).
The proof is in the pudding. In just over 6 years,
the NEOMED Institute is an integral partner
for Canadian universities and early-stage bio-
technology companies. “With the enabling
ecosystem built around our R&D infrastruc-
ture and services, companies have success-
fully advanced and new pharmaceutical ther-
apeutic programs and related services,” says
Pierre-Yves Desbiens, Chief Operating Officer
and Head of Operations.
INNOVATION CENTRE
The latest step for the NEOMED Institute is its
new Innovation Centre, a new, purpose-built
100,000-square-foot expansion project at the
Ville St. Laurent Technoparc site. Set to open
in the fall of 2019, Phase 1 of the project will
encompass a 50,000 square feet space con-
nected by a covered walkway with the existing
facility in Ville St. Laurent, where over 200 cli-
ents in the chemistry, biology and life scienc-
es will share living space, including a modern
co-working business centre, adapted to the
needs of the evolving NEOMED life sciences
ecosystem.
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