This article showcases our top picks for the best Vancouver 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 Vancouver Biotechnology Startups
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AbCellera Biologics
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AbCellera Biologics is a biotechnology company that develops antibody therapeutics to improve patient outcomes.
Trait Biosciences
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Trait Biosciences is an emerging cannabis biotechnology company
Precision NanoSystem
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Precision NanoSystem provides Neuro9Kit for the study of gene function in neurons and glia cells.
Zymeworks
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Zymeworks is a computational biotechnology company focused on optimizing therapeutic antibodies and other protein-based therapeutics.
Aspect Biosystems
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Biotech company combining the power of microfluidics & 3D bioprinting to fuel medical research and development of bioprinted therapeutics
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.
SaNOtize
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SaNOtize is a biotech company using a platform technology for topical to treat upper respiratory and dermal infections.
STEMCELL Technologies
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Tools to Isolate, Culture and Assay Cells
Lungpacer Medical
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Lungpacer Medical is developing a novel therapeutic solution for preserving the integrity and strength of the diaphragm muscle
Virogin Biotech
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Virogin Biotech is an antineoplastic drug developer.
ESSA Pharma
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ESSA Pharma is a biotechnology company that develops new drugs for prostate cancer.
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.
enGene
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enGene is a biotechnology company develops treatment for mucosal diseases through inducing therapeutic proteins of harmful proteins.
Alpha9 Theranostics
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Alpha9 Theranostics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.
Kintara Therapeutics
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Kintara Therapeutics is engaged in developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cancer patients.
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals
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Aquinox Pharmaceuticals develops and commercializes small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases.
Phoenix Molecular Designs
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Phoenix Molecular Designs is a biopharmaceutical company designing precise cancer therapeutics by targeting kinases.
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.
InMed Pharmaceuticals
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Leveraging cannabinoids to develop novel therapies.
Nyoka Design Labs
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Nyoka Design Labs has developed the worlds first earth-friendly glow sticks
Bold Therapeutics
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Bold Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company that develops and commercializes an anti-resistance therapeutic.
Qu Biologics Inc.
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Qu Biologics develops site specific immunomodulators that aim to restore the body’s innate immune system to treat cancer.
Boreal Genomics
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Boreal develops research tools and diagnostic tests based on the monitoring of tumor mutations from cell-free DNA in plasma.
Vesalius Cardiovascular
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Vesalius Cardiovascular is a preclinical medical device company in the structural heart space.
Mesentech
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Mesentech is a company focused on treating diseases and medical conditions that relate to bone.
RepliCel Life Sciences
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RepliCel Life Sciences is a regenerative medicine company using cell therapy products for healing tendinosis, aging, and pattern baldness.
Response Biomedical
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Response Biomedical develops, manufactures and markets rapid on-site diagnostic tests.
Algernon Pharmaceuticals
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Algernon Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage drug development company.
Microbiome Insights Inc.
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Microbiome Insights is a global leader providing end-to-end services for microbiome DNA sequencing and state-of-the-art bioinformatics.
Burcon Nutrascience Corporation
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Burcon NutraScience Corporation develops plant proteins and ingredients for use in the food and beverage industries in Canada.
iCo Therapeutics
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ICo Therapeutics is focused on the research and development of drug delivery technologies.
ImStar Therapeutics
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ImStar Therapeutics is a biotech company that develops treatments for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Anandia Labs
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A Canadian independent cannabis analytics, testing and genetics company .
Contextual Genomics
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Vancouver-based cancer genomics company that delivers cancer genomics and bioinformatics services.
Aurin Biotech
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Aurin Biotech Inc. is a private company established to advance the development of a remarkable collection of small molecules.
Mangrove Water Technologies
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Mangrove Water Technologies is developing a technology that simultaneously converts saline waste water and gases into desalinated water.
WPD Pharmaceuticals
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WPD Pharmaceuticals focuses on oncology, research, and development of medicinal products involving biological compounds and small molecules.
Cardiome Pharma
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Cardiome Pharma Corp. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization.
Renaissance BioScience
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Renaissance BioScience, a biotechnology company, develops yeast-based proprietary technology solutions for food and beverage manufacturers.
NervGen Pharma
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NervGen Pharma is a medicine company dedicated to creating solutions for the treatment of nerve damage and neurodegenerative diseases.
Novelion Therapeutics
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Novelion Therapeutics Inc, formerly QLT Inc., is a Canada-based biopharmaceutical company
SynerGenetics Bioscience
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SynerGenetics Bioscience is a plant genetics research and development company focused on developing high-yield CBD hemp strains/seeds.
Creatus Biosciences
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Creatus Biosciences is a green chemical production using proprietary bio-based industrial platform.
MYM Nutraceuticals
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MYM Nutraceuticals is an emerging bio-pharmaceutical company and distributor of medical marijuana products.
Vitaeris
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Canadian clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
Sitka Biopharma
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Transforming chemotherapies to further benefit patients by enhancing efficacy and improving tolerability.
BioHarvest Sciences
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BioHarvest Sciences produces and sells a food-based nutraceutical product called ViniaTM.
LightIntegra Technology, Inc.
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LightIntegra works to give patients requiring platelet transfusions the best care possible.
Sirona Biochem
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Sirona Biochem is a biotechnology company developing diabetes therapeutics, as well as skin depigmenting and anti-aging agents.
Allon Therapeutics
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Allon Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engaged in the development of drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
Neurodyn
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Neurodyn identifies, validates, and develops bioactive for neuroprotection and the early treatment of neurological diseases.
Rakovina Therapeutics
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Publicly traded (RKV.V) company focused on the development of new cancer treatments based on novel DNA-damage response technologies.
Naturally Splendid Enterprises Ltd.
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A multifaceted biotech company spanning many industries surrounding hemp. People, Planet, & Profit!
Universal Ibogaine
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Universal Ibogaine is a Canadian company poised to address the opioid epidemic through proven plant medicine.
Abdera Therapeutics
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Abdera is an oncology company developing targeted alpha therapies (TATs) for patients with relapsed, refractory, and metastatic cancers.
Incisive Genetics
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Incisive Genetics is developing a delivery platform for genetic therapies.
MetaMixis
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Their founding team possesses a unique combination of expertise in synthetic biology, environmental genomics, and bioinformatics.
EGF Theramed Health
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EGF Theramed Health is a consumer technology company engaged in the provision of biomedical online services.
viDA Therapeutics
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viDA Therapeutics is a Canada-based biotech company that develops treatments for chronic inflammatory and age-related diseases.
Acuitas Therapeutics
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Acuitas provides delivery solutions for molecular therapeutics using lipid nanoparticles (LNP).
Abattis Bioceuticals
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Abattis Bioceuticals is a biotechnology life sciences company developing health solutions for chronic illnesses in humans and animals.
Complex Biotech Discovery Ventures
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CBDV is a licensed cannabis research laboratory focused on chemical process development, analytical testing, and extraction optimization.
Cedar Biotech
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The patented Cedar Biotech Deodorizer is engineered to retrofit to Commercial Buildings of Any Size, via the buildings HVAC or Air Handler.
Biotii Technologies
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Biotii Technologies is a leading private biotechnology company.
BioBreath
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BioBreath is developing the breath sensor diagnostic device.
Appleton Meats
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Appleton Meats is a Vancouver based, Canadian biotechnology meat company.
ABOzymes
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ABOzymes Biomedical is overcoming the blood group barriers for blood transfusions and organ transplants.
Ondine Biomedical
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Ondine Biomedical develops non-antibiotic, anti-infective therapies for a broad spectrum of bacterial, viral, and fungal infections.
HAVN Life Sciences
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Biotechnology company engaged in the extraction and distribution of psychoactive compounds, and developing natural health care products.
Calyx Bio-Ventures
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Calyx Bio-Ventures is an agricultural technology company developing renewable fuels such as biojet and biodiesel.
Neuromed Pharmaceuticals
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Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, develops, produces, markets, and sells pain therapies.
Pacgen Life Science Corp.
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Pacgen Life Science Corporation (formerly Pacgen Biopharmaceuticals Corporation) is a life science technology company.
NovoBind
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NovoBind is an integrated animal health company.
Cuprous Pharmaceuticals
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Cuprous Pharmaceuticals is Providing partners with technologies to create best-in-class nano medicines.
Canexia Health
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Canexia Health offers cancer genomic information through clinically-validated research, informatics and oncology solutions.
Tait Labs
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Tait Labs is a sustainable ingredient developer for the food & beverage, dietary supplement and pharmaceutical industries.
Fuck Cancer
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Fuck Cancer provides prevention, early detection and support to those affected by cancer.
Aurora Biomed
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Aurora Biomed is a global leader in the design and development of lab automation solutions.
Rhyme Biotechnology
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Rhyme Biotechnology is developing technologies to deliver sustainable and high-performance ingredients for premium cosmetics.
Micron Waste Technologies
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Micron Waste Technologies is a well-funded industrial/technology company with a manufacturing facility.
Ascension Sciences
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Ascension Sciences is poised to discover and commercialize compounds and techniques for the pharma and nutraceutical industries.
Indel Therapeutics
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Indel Therapeutics is engaged in the development of new drugs to address the global health crisis caused by antibiotic resistance.
Blackstone Ventures
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Blackstone Ventures Inc. has engineered a reverse takeover acquisition of Lattice Biologics, a medical technology company.
Naegis Pharmaceuticals
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Naegis Pharmaceuticals is driven to discover new therapies that target underlying chronic inflammatory processes in eye diseases.
Viridis Research
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Viridis Research is a water treatment & recycling company dealing with transforming & correcting the systemic socio-economic water problems.
Centre for Drug Research and Development
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The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) is Canada’s national drug development and commercialization engine.
MD Analytics
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MD Analytics is a global provider of health and pharmaceutical market research solutions.
Augurex Life Sciences
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Augurex Life Sciences is a biotechnology company located in Vancouver.
Nova Mentis Biotech
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Nova Mentis Biotech is focused on investigating the anti-inflammatory effects of psilocybin in under-explored metabolic indications.
Kairos Therapeutics
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Kairos Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company with a proprietary next-generation antibody-drug conjugate platform.
Wex Pharmacetuicals
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WEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that developing a late-stage non-opioid analgesic.
NeuroPharm
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NeuroPharm is a healthcare company developing a unique set of pharmaceutical and natural health products.
QLT Inc
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QLT is a biotechnology company dedicated to the development and commercialization of innovative ocular products.
Nuvision Benefits
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Nuvision Benefits is a leading pharma company with a pipeline of drug and cell-based therapies, treating cardiovascular, infectious diseases
Network Immunology
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Network Immunology is a biotechnology company that develops novel immunotherapies for inflammatory diseases.
Qing Bile Therapeutics
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Qing Bile Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that treats cholestatic and metabolic diseases using a type of bile acid they identified.
LifeSciences British Columbia
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LifeSciences British Columbia supports and represents the biopharmaceutical, medical device, bioproducts and bioenergy, and greater life