Mark Dunn
This article showcases our top picks for the best Toronto based Pharmaceutical companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Pharmaceutical 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 Toronto Pharmaceutical Startups
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BenchSci
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BenchSci uses AI to empower scientists to run more successful experiments to accelerate drug discovery.
Cronos Group
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Geographically diversified and vertically integrated cannabis company .
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.
Cybin
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Cybin is a life sciences company dedicated in advancing psychedelic therapeutics with the goal of transforming mental healthcare.
Cansortium
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Cansortium utilizes capital and expertise in making strategic investments to help launch mature and professional cannabis markets.
Nymi
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Workplace wearables built on a connected worker platform with enterprise applications for security, productivity, and health & safety.
Nanology Labs
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Nanology Labs is a pharmaceutical company that harnesses advanced nanotechnology to detect and treat cancers at the early stages.
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals
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Ironshore Pharmaceuticals & Development, Inc., is a pharmaceutical company that is leveraging its proprietary technology.
Apotex Inc.
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APOTEX is a pharmaceutical company committed to R&D, affordable medicines to patients.
Supreme Cannabis
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Supreme Cannabis is a publicly-traded company that is engaged in the production and sale of medical and recreational cannabis.
PharmaCielo
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PharmaCielo Ltd. is a global company privately held and headquartered in Canada.
Avicanna
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Avicanna is a biotechnology company that focuses on the medical cannabis industry.
Emblem
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Emblem is a fully integrated licensed producer and distributor of medical cannabis and cannabis derivatives.
ShiftPosts
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ShiftPosts is an on-demand platform that provides shift workers to the healthcare sector.
Highland Therapeutics
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Highland Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company that uses technologies to optimize the delivery of previously approved drugs.
Intellipharmaceutics International
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Intellipharmaceutics International is engaged in the development of controlled-release and targeted pharmaceutical products.
KalGene Pharmaceuticals
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KalGene Pharmaceuticals is a privately held company
Satellos Bioscience
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Satellos Bioscience is a private, Canadian-based regenerative medicine company.
Medicalis
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Medicalis captures clinical knowledge and delivers it to healthcare workers directly involved in patient care decisions.
Lumira Ventures
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Canada’s leading health care & life sciences venture capital firm with a 30-year reputation building companies across North America.
Cynapsus Therapeutics
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Cynapsus is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing a non-injectable drug for Parkinson’s disease.
PlantForm
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PlantForm Corporation is a privately-held Canadian biopharmaceutical company.
Portage Biotech
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Portage Biotech is a pharmaceutical company that identifies and develops best-in-class or first-in-class early-to-mid stage products.
Fibrocor Therapeutics
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Fibrocor Therapeutics focuses on developing disease modifying therapeutics in fibrosis.
Nuvo Research
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Nuvo Research is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on improving patient’s lives by developing and commercializing innovative
Merus Labs
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The Merus corporate growth strategy is driven by a product acquisition plan which employs an opportunistic approach to source product
Spartan Finance
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Everything you need to succeed in Biotech. Evening the playing field between retail investors and hedge funds.
DionyMed Holdings
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DionyMed Holdings distributes critical component products.
PlantExt
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PlantExt develops medical cannabis products intended to provide anti-inflammatory remedies.
Inolife Sciences
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Inolife is an emerging and ambitious specialty medical device company f
Arthritis Innovation Corporation
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Arthritis Innovation Corporation (AIC) is a development stage company addressing unmet needs in Orthopedic Surgery and Arthritis management.
Psyched Wellness
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Psyched Wellness is a Canadian-based company improving the health and wellness of millions with high-quality mushroom health supplements.
Azelis
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Azelis is a global specialty chemicals distributor.
InDanio Bioscience
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InDanio Bioscience Inc is a privately-held in vivo drug discovery company.
5Bay.IO
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Digital Pill Dispenser to Improve Medication Adherence
Tree of Knowledge International
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Tree of Knowledge International is a public pain management company that processes and distributes medical products for pain relief.
Easton Pharmaceuticals
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Easton Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company that designs, develops, and markets various topically therapeutic products.
Altis Labs
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Altis is a clinical information company helping biopharma harness AI to accelerate R&D
Mountain Valley MD
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Mountain Valley MD is a producer, manufacturer and global distributor of premium quality medicinal cannabis.
NetraMark
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Combines proprietary QML/ML algorithms with cross-domain expertise to bring ML commercialization into reality
Mindset Pharma
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Mindset Pharma is a drug discovery business focused on creating novel and patentable psychedelic compounds.
LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology
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LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology is a Canadian endocrinology practice network.
Translatum Medicus
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Translatum Medicus is a biotechnology company that fixates on preclinical drug development to treat irreversible blindness.
Pattern Pharma
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Pattern Pharma develops novel therapeutics that use the innate immune system to fight cancer and infectious disease.
Dalton Pharma Services
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Dalton Pharma Services is a leading cGMP contract service provider of integrated drug discovery.
Therma Bright
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THERMA BRIGHT is a progressive business in medical device development, focused on delivering affordable medical devices to customers.
MedEssist
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MedEssist is a mobile pharmacy app for medication record, and medication guide.
Alpha Cancer Technologies
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Alpha Cancer Technologies Inc. (ACT) is a private clinical stage biotechnology company.
Pharmadrug
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Pharmadrug Inc is a medical cannabis distributor company that imports and distributes medical cannabis in Germany and throughout the EU.
Proteorex Therapeutics Inc.
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Expanding horizons to find cures
Folium Labs
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Folium Labs is a Canadian nutraceutical company.
YM BioSciences
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YM BioSciences is a life sciences product development company that identifies and advances a diverse portfolio of promising cancer-related
Cells for Life
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Families from across Canada have been using Cells for Life’s services for over a decade because we are a leader in cord blood banking.
SciCann
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SciCann develops and commercializes pharmaceutical products that target and modulate the endocannabinoid system.
PharmEng Technology
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PharmEng Technology is a pharmaceutical company that provides consultancy services.
TissueX Technologies
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TissueX Technologies is a developer of a biotechnology platform designed to accelerate the discovery, development & validation of therapies.
Ethicann Pharmaceuticals
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Ethicann Pharmaceuticals is a company using pharmaceutical grade botanically sourced cannabinoid oils to formulate ethical drugs.
Bradmer Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Bradmer Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to the development and commercialization of new and innovative cancer therapies.
Katexco Pharmaceuticals
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Katexco Pharmaceuticals is a medical cannabis company.
Manzo Pharmaceuticals Inc
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Lacto-Freedom prevents gas, bloating, diarrhea, and cramps caused by consuming lactose in dairy foods.
InterVivo Solutions
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InterVivo Solutions is a preclinical in vivo contract research organization.
LMC Manna Research
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Manna Research is Canada’s leading local site investigator group.
CanvasRx Holdings
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CanvasRx Holdings is Canada’s trusted resource and marketplace that enables you to develop a better understanding of medical marijuana.
Teva Canada
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Teva Canada is a generic medicine and biopharmaceutical company.
Canopy Health Innovations
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Canopy Health Innovations, a bio-pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative cannabis-based related products.
Dymaxium
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Dymaxium’s focus is to create stronger connections between Payers and Life Sciences companies via technology.
Portage Pharmaceuticals
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Portage Pharmaceuticals is developing innovative cell permeable peptide (CPP) therapies to normalize gene expression.
GlycoDesign
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GlycoDesign is a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of proprietary drugs for the treatment.
Riso Phatma Tech
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Riso Phatma Tech is a Canadian-based affiliate of a large Holding Company.
MediSystem Pharmacy
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MediSystem Pharmacy provides pharmaceutical dispensing and clinical pharmacy consulting services to long term care facilities.
Alveda Pharmaceuticals
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Alveda Pharmaceuticals engages in sale and distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
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