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October 2009
Volume 12, Issue 10
Québec: A Spotlight on Innovation and research
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Montréal: A Breeding ground for innovation
By Shawn Lawrence
Synergy is the term used to describe a situation where different entities cooperate advantageously for a positive final outcome. Simply defined, synergy means that the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts. |
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Québec: Canada’s home for Big Biopharma
By Shawn Lawrence
A true pillar of Québec’s economy is the province’s biopharmaceutical industry. The province enjoys a long history of pharmaceutical industry activity and boasts the largest concentration of R&D spending in Canada. Even more unique, is the fact that the ten largest pharmaceutical companies in the world all have operations in Québec.Among these ten are two companies that have left a major footprint coupled with a long tradition of success in Québec’s bio-economy. |
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The Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery: Facilitating Creative partnerships in Biopharmaceutical Research
By Shawn Lawrence
Built as a first of its kind public-private partnership between universities, hospitals, biotechnology companies and the pharmaceutical industry, the Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM) is doing its part as a successful collaboration model. |
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In the eye of the storm: An interview with Mario Lebrun, executive director of BioQuébec
By Chris Rogers
As we peer deeper and deeper into how the biotech industry operates in Québec, one thing is clear: with so many organizations and initiatives it can be difficult to get a comprehensive lay of the land. Luckily, Mario Lebrun is able to tackle just such a task. |
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Breaking New Ground Through Collaboration: ICAV and FAV
By Chris Rogers and Shawn Lawrence
“The International Consortium on Anti-Virals (ICAV) has been in existence for 5 years, and the office of the International Secretariat of the Foundation on Antivirals (FAV) was opened in April 2009,” said ICAV co-founder and Foundation Scientific Director, Dr. Michel Chrétien. “These two complementary organizations pursue a similar goal with the same attitude.” |
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Analyzing the Medical Technology Industry in Québec: Medical technologies
By Chris Rogers and Maria Cootauco
If one looks at the medical device industry in a classic sense, Québec may not have the most companies, at least from an absolute point-of-view, however, if the definition is opened up to include medical technologies (e.g. diagnostics and healthcare IT), than Québec suddenly becomes a hotbed. Diane Cote, vice-president of MEDEC-AITS, believes the need to look closer at the traditional definition because of the evolution of the industry in Québec. |
