M. Pierre-Yves Desbiens

Chronogen, Inc. develops drugs to treat age-dependent diseases. It manufactures drugs for neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, ischemia and reperfusion injury, and dyslipidemia diseases. The company was founded by Siegfried Hekimi in April 1998 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada

Domtar, Inc. manufactures paper, pulp and forest products. The company manufactures business papers, commercial printing, publication and technical specialty papers. The company is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Telesta Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which focuses on the licensing/acquisition and development of transformational therapeutics for the treatment of serious human diseases, such as cancer, immune diseases, and targeted rare diseases. The company was founded by Graeme McRae in 1979 and is headquartered in Pointe-Claire, Canada.

PurGenesis Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures patented ingredients from natural sources. It offers anti-aging and sun care products for the cosmeceutical market. The firm develops prescription botanically-sourced therapeutics that address areas of unmet medical need. The company was founded by Purcell Marc in 1999 and is headquartered in Montmagny, Canada.

Supratek Pharma, Inc. develops drugs and related oncology therapeutic products. It offers injectable chemotherapeutic that enhances or enables an approved anticancer drug. The firm’s products include SP1014C - a novel cabazitaxel against drug resistant prostate cancer, SP1030C - novel bendamustine against chronic lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and SP1049C - a novel injectable anthracycline platform drug against chemoresistant cancers. The company was founded by Valery Alakhov in 1994 and is headquartered in Pointe-Claire, Canada.

Part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Horizon Sciences & Technologies, Inc. is a Canadian company that researches and develops pharmaceutical technology. The company is based in Montréal, Canada.

Genizon Biosciences Inc. discovers genes and biomarkers in common diseases using genome wide association studies (GWAS), leveraging its proven and proprietary technology platform and access to patients from the Quebec Founder Population. Genizon has one of the largest GWAS programs worldwide, addressing many common diseases and traits. Several of these have been successfully completed, generating comprehensive maps of interacting genes, biomarkers and biological disease pathways (known as GeneMaps), providing strong validation of the power of the Company's discovery platform. Genizon has out-licensed some of the therapeutic and diagnostic rights to GeneMaps for Crohn's disease (to Genentech) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, endometriosis and Alzheimer's disease (disease-state diagnostic rights to Pfizer). GeneMaps have also been generated from GWAS in schizophrenia, psoriasis and longevity. GWAS are in progress for rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, and coronary heart disease and its precursors, obesity, type II diabetes, dyslipidemia and hypertension (collectively metabolic syndrome). Genizon's technology platform and discoveries can complement current R&D programs by using human genetics to significantly enhance research and by adding value at multiple stages of the drug development process. Genizon is continually developing and enhancing its gene and biomarker discovery platform. For example, the company is assessing the role of copy number variations (CNVs) in diseases- applying new methods to ongoing large-scale GWAS in rheumatoid arthritis and metabolic syndrome, and retrospectively to previous studies. Genizon also leverages its platform and expertise by offering high throughput, high quality SNP genotyping, statistical genetics, gene expression and pharmacogenomics services to academic institutions, research organizations and the biopharmaceutical industry.