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CQDM funds an innovative project with Altus Formulation and Tetra Bio-Pharma to develop first-in-class treatments for ocular inflammation

During this Lung Cancer Awareness Month, CQDM is proud to announce that it will co-fund a project driven by Dr Philippe Joubert and Pr. Yohan Bossé at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute (Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et Pneumologie du Québec-Université Laval – IUCPQ-UL) targeting a program of early-stage detection of lung cancer. Funding for this collaborative research project is made possible with the financial support of the ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation (MEI) who will be providing $1.36M as part of CQDM’s SynergiQC program.

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Theratechnologies to Focus Its Commercialization Activities on the North American Territory

Bromont (Québec), April 21 2022 — BIOQuébec is pleased to be releasing the results of a study on the integration of Quebec innovations into our healthcare system. It is also suggests courses of action to better support Quebec-based biopharmaceutical innovations during the entire process and strengthen Quebec’s autonomy.

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Roche Canada and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) successfully complete negotiations for EVRYSDIⓇ (risdiplam) for the treatment of adults and children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Roche Canada) today announced that it has successfully completed negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) for EVRYSDI® (risdiplam), a pre-mRNA splicing modifier of survival of motor neuron 2 (SMN2) designed to treat SMA, indicated for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in patients two months of age or older.1

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Saguaro Closes $1.1M Start-Up Funding to Offer New Drug Discovery Technologies That Help Fight Human Disease

“We are pleased to close our first financing and to welcome Frederic Ors as lead investor and strategic advisor to Saguaro. Frederic is a well-recognized executive with a track-record of successfully growing biotech companies,” said Louis Turcotte Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer. “Frederic shares our vision on the potential of next-generation technologies to make drug discovery more successful and we are looking forward to benefit from his experience and network.”

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Celltrion Healthcare announces Canadian approval of Yuflyma™, a high-concentration, low-volume, citrate-free, and latex-free Humira® (adalimumab) biosimilar

Celltrion Healthcare Canada Limited is very pleased to announce that Health Canada granted a notice of compliance (NOC) on December 24, 2021 for Yuflyma™, a high-concentration (100mg/mL), low-volume, citrate-free, and latex-free biosimilar to Humira® (adalimumab). Yuflyma™ is approved across all ten intended indications for the treatment of multiple chronic inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, adult Crohn's disease, adult ulcerative colitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, plaque psoriasis, adult uveitis, and pediatric uveitis.1

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