Biopharmaceuticals & Biotherapeutics

Biopharmaceuticals/biotherapeutics are drugs (Health Canada approved) that are manufactured through a bioreactor such as a plant that has been genetically modified to produce a vaccine or through fermentation.

The Niagara Region is home to some of Canada's most innovative biopharmaceutical companies, including one of Canada's Top 10 Life Sciences companies NORGEN Biotek Inc.; and pharmaceutical drug manufacturers, Biolyse Pharma Corp. and Pharmetics Inc.

Biolyse Pharma Corp.

Biolyse conducts R&D in the production of natural-based medical products and chemical extracts and is Canada's only producer of Paclitaxel for Injections, a therapeutic cancer treatment agent. Their fully integrated pharmaceutical factory is equipped with several state-of-the-art research and development laboratories, quality control laboratories, and a full scale purification facility.
 

NORGEN Biotek Corp.

NORGEN Biotek was founded in 1998 and is located in a 24,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility near Brock University. NORGEN is an ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified fully-integrated Canadian biotechnology company focusing on sample preparation. Norgen was recently recognized as one of Canada's Top 10 Life Science Companies.