Joseph Rus

Shire BioChem, Inc. provides pharmaceutical sales and marketing services in Canada. The company is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

Envoy Capital Group, Inc. is a merchant banking company. It provides financial services as well as equity and debt capital to small and mid-cap companies. The firm has two segments: Merchant Banking and Consumer & Retail Branding. The company was founded in December 1993 and is headquartered in Toronto, ON.

Shire is a global specialty pharmaceutical company marketing products to defined customer groups (specialist doctors). Sales and marketing is a core Shire competence. Shire combines investment in product development with careful attention to risk management. Shire currently focuses on three therapeutic areas - central nervous system disorders (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI) and renal diseases. Shire has particular expertise in ADHD as a result of its development and marketing of the leading brand in the US market, ADDERALL and the new once a day version, ADDERALL XR. The group has a sales and marketing infrastructure with a broad portfolio of products targeting the US, Canada, UK, Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Shire covers other significant pharmaceutical markets indirectly through distributors. They have already appointed such distributors including, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea and Thailand. It is founded in 1986

BELLUS Health, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of cough hypersensitivity and other hypersensitization disorders. Its product BLU-5937, is being developed for the treatment of chronic cough and chronic pruritus, or chronic itch. The company was founded on June 17, 1993 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

The Group's principal activity is the researching, development and marketing of prescription medicines. The Group operations focuses on three therapeutic areas - central nervous system disorders, gastrointestinal and renal diseases. The Group's marketed products for such disorders include ADDERALL and ADDERALL XR, for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, REMINYL for Alzheimer's, co-marketed with Johnson and Johnson and CARBATROL. for epilepsy. The Group is also developing a range of treatments for ADHD which may treat children, adolescents and adults extending the use of its current brand as well as researching non-scheduled compounds. The Group operates in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands and the Cayman Islands.

Adaltis, Inc. is an international in-vitro diagnostic company. The company develops, manufactures and markets in-vitro diagnostic systems and reagent products to detect viral infections, diagnose immune system diseases and measure human hormone responses. Adaltis was founded on June 12, 1987 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

ViroChem Pharma, Inc. provides antiviral drug research and development services. The company provides R&D services on HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. It was founded on April 8, 2004 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

United Way of Canada provides leadership, guidance and support services. It works locally to raise funds and invest in improving lives in its community. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Centraide of Greater Montreal supports community agencies in the neighbourhoods. It has four areas of action: supporting youth, providing basic needs, helping the socially isolated and bringing communities together. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Montr?al, Canada.