This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Biotechnology companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Biotechnology industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Canada Biotechnology Startups
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Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
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Creative Destruction Lab delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.
Cybin
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Cybin is a life sciences company dedicated in advancing psychedelic therapeutics with the goal of transforming mental healthcare.
AbCellera Biologics
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AbCellera Biologics is a biotechnology company that develops antibody therapeutics to improve patient outcomes.
Bausch Health
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Bausch Health is a develops and markets medications used in the fields of neurology, dermatology and infectious diseases.
BenchSci
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BenchSci uses AI to empower scientists to run more successful experiments to accelerate drug discovery.
BlueRock Therapeutics
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It is a regenerative medicine company.
Fusion Pharmaceuticals
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Fusion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage oncology company focused on developing next-generation radiopharmaceuticals.
Deep Genomics
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Deep Genomics is using artificial intelligence to build a new universe of life-saving genetic therapies.
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
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Aurinia develops and commercializes therapies to treat targeted patient populations suffering from serious auto-immune diseases.
Zymeworks
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Zymeworks is a computational biotechnology company focused on optimizing therapeutic antibodies and other protein-based therapeutics.
Trait Biosciences
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Trait Biosciences is an emerging cannabis biotechnology company
Comet Biorefining
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Comet Biorefining has developed a novel process to convert cellulosic biomass into high quality cost-competitive cellulosic glucose.
Sierra Oncology
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Sierra Oncology is a clinical-stage drug development company advancing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer.
Cyclica
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Cyclica is the partner of choice for data-driven drug discovery. We advance molecules that embrace the complexity of disease.
Arbutus Biopharma
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Arbutus Biopharma Corporation is a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company.
Repare Therapeutics
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Repare Therapeutics is a developer of oncology drugs designed to target specific vulnerabilities of tumor cells.
Chinook Therapeutics
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Chinook Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that specializes in the fields of therapeutics and life science.
Liminal BioSciences
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Liminal is a biopharmaceutical corporation supplying state-of-the-art technologies for bio-separations as well as therapeutic products.
Aspect Biosystems
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Biotech company combining the power of microfluidics & 3D bioprinting to fuel medical research and development of bioprinted therapeutics
SunOpta
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SunOpta specializes in the design, construction, ownership, and operation of biomass conversion equipment and facilities.
BlueDot
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BlueDot protects people around the world from infectious diseases with human and artificial intelligence.
Precision NanoSystem
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Precision NanoSystem provides Neuro9Kit for the study of gene function in neurons and glia cells.
SaNOtize
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SaNOtize is a biotech company using a platform technology for topical to treat upper respiratory and dermal infections.
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
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Xenon Pharmaceuticals operates as a neurology-focused biopharmaceutical company.
Notch Therapeutics
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The notch develops immune cell therapy developing a next-generation pipeline that is compatible and focuses on initial cancer cells.
STEMCELL Technologies
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Tools to Isolate, Culture and Assay Cells
Phenomic AI
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Phenomic AI is a developer of a drug discovery platform designed to discovery and optimize therapeutics directly against phenotypic assays.
Lungpacer Medical
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Lungpacer Medical is developing a novel therapeutic solution for preserving the integrity and strength of the diaphragm muscle
ImmunoPrecise Antibodies
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ImmunoPrecise is a full-service, therapeutic antibody discovery company focused on the next generation of antibody discovery.
Geneseeq
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Geneseeq uses NGS technologies to help physicians make meaningful decisions for cancer treatment.
Nicoya Lifesciences
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Nicoya is a nanotechnology company developing sensor products that will change the world
IMV Inc
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IMV Inc applies its novel platform to the development of vaccines for cancer therapy, infectious diseases, and animal health.
Noblegen
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Noblegen produces nutritional and functional plant-based food and ingredients using revolutionary “cell-to-solution” technology.
Hyasynth Bio
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Hyasynth Bio is inventing new ways to make products using industrial microorganisms.
Incisive Genetics
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Incisive Genetics is developing a delivery platform for genetic therapies.
ProteinQure
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ProteinQure is a Toronto-based startup building a computational platform for design of protein therapeutics.
The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings
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TGOD grows high quality, organic cannabis with sustainable, all-natural principles. TGOD has a funded capacity of 116,000 kg.
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals
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Ironshore Pharmaceuticals & Development, Inc., is a pharmaceutical company that is leveraging its proprietary technology.
IntelGenX
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IntelGenX is a oral drug delivery company primarily focused on the development and manufacturing of innovative pharmaceutical oral films.
Future Fields
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Future Fields develops cellular growth media that enables customers to create lab-grown meat at a lower cost.
Concentric Agriculture
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Concentric develops ground-breaking agtech advancements that are safe for people, protect our natural resources.
Oncolytics Biotech
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Oncolytics Biotech develops oncolytic viruses as potential therapeutics for use in a broad range of cancers.
ESSA Pharma
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ESSA Pharma is a biotechnology company that develops new drugs for prostate cancer.
Intellijoint Surgical
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Intellijoint Surgical is a Canadian medical device company committed to assisting orthopaedic surgeons to meet their surgical objectives.
Qvella Corporation
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Qvella is a molecular diagnostics company with the goal of dramatically reducing time to results in bacteriology.
Trillium Therapeutics
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Trillium Therapeutics specializes in the discovery and development of protein therapeutics for the immune system and its regulation.
Virogin Biotech
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Virogin Biotech is an antineoplastic drug developer.
InMed Pharmaceuticals
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InMed Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage company developing cannabinoid-based pharmaceutical drug candidates.
Bellus Health
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BELLUS Health is focused on developing drugs for rare diseases, starting with conditions that affect the kidneys.
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
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Milestone Pharmaceuticals is a drug development company developing small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
The Valens Company
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The Valens Company is a biotechnology company focused on extraction and the commercialization of cannabinoid-based consumer products.
StageZero Life Sciences
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StageZero Life Sciences is a biotech company developing and commercializing blood-based diagnostic tests for early disease detection.
Hemostemix
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Hemostemix is a public clinical-stage biotechnology company.
Kenota Health
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Kenota Health develops next-generation diagnostic tools intended to be used for allergy testing in humans.
Tryp Therapeutics
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Tryp Identifying and developing clinical-stage compounds for orphan diseases and other diseases with high unmet medical needs.
ZYUS
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ZYUS is a biopharmaceutical company that offers patients cannabinoid and other phyto-therapeutic medical solutions.
CleanSlate UV
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CleanSlate UV disinfects phones, tablets & other mobile devices in 30 seconds, preventing the spread of bacteria & keeping devices clean.
LifeLabs
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LifeLabs is a Canadian-owned company that has been serving the healthcare needs of Canadians for more than 50 years.
KalGene Pharmaceuticals
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KalGene Pharmaceuticals is a biotech company that develops precision medicine therapeutics for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
My Intelligent Machines
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My Intelligent Machines is an AI-powered Systems biology SAAS platform.
Avro
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Avro Life Science is developing skin patches for generic drug delivery, focusing on therapeutics for children and the elderly.
BioVectra
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BioVectra offers contract development and manufacturing capacity for intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Genecis
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Genecis is an early-stage organic waste processing startup that uses biotechnology to convert waste into high value materials.
AmacaThera
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AmacaThera is a company commercializing hydrogel-based drug delivery platforms.
Phoenix Molecular Designs
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Phoenix Molecular Designs is a biopharmaceutical company designing precise cancer therapeutics by targeting kinases.
Antibe Therapeutics
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Antibe Therapeutics develops novel anti-inflammatory drugs that are improved versions of existing drugs.
Sunshine Biopharma
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Sunshine Biopharma focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of various forms of cancer.
Covalon Technologies
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Covalon Technologies Ltd. researches, develops and commercializes new healthcare technologies that help save lives around the world.
Kintara Therapeutics
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Kintara Therapeutics is engaged in developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cancer patients.
Exact Imaging
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Exact Imaging is the developer of the ExactVu™ system, the first micro-ultrasound operating at 29 MHz that provides unmatched resolution.
Altasciences
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Altasciences is a early phase clinical research organization (CRO).
Providence Therapeutics
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Providence Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that develops a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine designed to treat ovarian cancer.
Appili Therapeutics
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Appili Therapeutics is an anti-infective pharmaceutical development company.
Medicenna Therapeutics
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Medicenna is a clinical stage, privately held, immuno-oncology company.
Avicanna
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Avicanna is a biotechnology company that focuses on the medical cannabis industry.
enGene
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enGene is a biotechnology company develops treatment for mucosal diseases through inducing therapeutic proteins of harmful proteins.
ProMIS Neurosciences
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ProMIS Neurosciences develops therapeutic products and diagnostic devices targeting misfolded protein diseases.
ABK Biomedical
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ABK Biomedical combines the clinical market with biomaterials with a focus on treating hypervascular tumors.
Knight Therapeutics
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Knight Therapeutics Inc., headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring or in-licensing
Bioasis Technologies
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Bioasis Technologies, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company.
Resverlogix
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Resverlogix is a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of therapeutics in cardiovascular diseases and Alzheimer’s disease.
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals
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Aquinox Pharmaceuticals develops and commercializes small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases.
Endoceutics
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A private Quebec City based biopharma company .
Optina Diagnostics
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Optina Diagnostics develops technology for the early detection of disease through the eye.
Chinova Bioworks
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Chinova Bioworks uses a natural and effective antimicrobial chitosan polymer with broad spectrum protection.
FSD Pharma
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FSD Pharma’s management’s mission is to transform the facility into the largest hydroponic indoor cannabis facility.
Aptose Biosciences
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Aptose Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, research and development of novel, first-in-class
Zucara Therapeutics
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Zucara Therapeutics is developing the first once-daily therapeutic to prevent hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in patients with diabetes.
Medicure
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Medicure is a specialty pharmaceutical Company engaged in the research, clinical development and commercialization of human therapeutics.
Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals
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Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals develops drugs for prevalent diseases through R&D and collaboration with medical experts.
Ecoation Innovative Solutions
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For greenhouse growers of high value crops, Ecoation Innovation Solutions provides the earliest possible detection of pests
Bright Minds Biosciences
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Bright Minds Biosciences is a biotech company that engages in the development of serotonergic therapeutics to treat mental health disorders.
Inversago Pharma
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Inversago Pharma is a specialized, preclinical-stage biotech company.
Emerald Health Therapeutics
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Emerald Health Therapeutics is a Health Canada Licensed Producer of medical cannabis.
SQI Diagnostics
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SQI Diagnostics is a medical systems company that develops proprietary technologies in multiplexing, miniaturization and automation.
AEterna Zentaris
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AEterna Zentaris is a drug development company that specializes in oncology and endocrine therapy.
Agrisoma Biosciences
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Agrisoma Biosciences is a research and development organization that facilitates product development in the agricultural crops sector.
TruLeaf
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TruLeaf Smart Plant Systems® are an innovative technology that leverages multi-level farming for biomedical and food markets.
EcoPackers
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EcoPackers is transforms agricultural by-products into cost effective alternatives to plastic inputs.