M. Pierre-Yves Desbiens

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

DMDConnects Services, Inc. engages in enabling pharmaceutical, healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical marketing companies, and digital advertising agencies to reach, message, connect, and interact with physicians and healthcare professionals via multiple access channels. It also provides services such as targeted impressions and interactions through permission-based email, targeted on-line ad-serving, and mobile app advertising channels. The company was founded by Mark Benthin and Denis Martineau on April 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.

Neomed Institute operated as a non-profit organization for pharmaceutical companies. It offered analytical services, drug development, licensing, and drug discovery. The company was founded in 2012 and was headquartered in Montreal, Canada.