84 Top Biopharma Startups and Companies in Canada

This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Biopharma companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Biopharma 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 Biopharma Startups

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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.

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals

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Aurinia develops and commercializes therapies to treat targeted patient populations suffering from serious auto-immune diseases.

Arbutus Biopharma

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Arbutus Biopharma Corporation is a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals

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Xenon Pharmaceuticals operates as a neurology-focused biopharmaceutical company.

Hyasynth Bio

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Hyasynth Bio is inventing new ways to make products using industrial microorganisms.

ESSA Pharma

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ESSA Pharma is a biotechnology company that develops new drugs for prostate cancer.

Trillium Therapeutics

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Trillium Therapeutics specializes in the discovery and development of protein therapeutics for the immune system and its regulation.

ZYUS

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ZYUS is a biopharmaceutical company that offers patients cannabinoid and other phyto-therapeutic medical solutions.

Avro

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Avro Life Science is developing skin patches for generic drug delivery, focusing on therapeutics for children and the elderly.

AmacaThera

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AmacaThera is a company commercializing hydrogel-based drug delivery platforms.

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.

PHEMI Systems Corp.

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PHEMI has developed a proprietary data privacy & governance platform that enables health organizations to unlock their data for innovation.

Resverlogix

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Resverlogix is a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of therapeutics in cardiovascular diseases and Alzheimer’s disease.

Aptose Biosciences

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Aptose Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, research and development of novel, first-in-class

Inversago Pharma

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Inversago Pharma is a specialized, preclinical-stage biotech company.

AEterna Zentaris

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AEterna Zentaris is a drug development company that specializes in oncology and endocrine therapy.

Giiant Pharma

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Giiant Pharma is a preclinical-stage biotech company.

Clementia Pharmaceuticals

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Clementia is a clinical-stage company innovating treatments for people with ultra-rare bone disorders.

Arch Biopartners

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Arch Biopartners acquires and develops products and technology for sale to pharmaceutical and industrial companies.

MethylGene

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MethylGene is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cancer therapeutics.

Transition Therapeutics

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Transition Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for disease indications with large markets.

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.

Cardiome Pharma

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Cardiome Pharma Corp. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization.

Novelion Therapeutics

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Novelion Therapeutics Inc, formerly QLT Inc., is a Canada-based biopharmaceutical company

OncoQuest

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OncoQuest is a Edmonton-based biopharmaceutical company.

Sitka Biopharma

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Transforming chemotherapies to further benefit patients by enhancing efficacy and improving tolerability.

Bioniche Pharma Group

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Bioniche Pharma Group manufactures and markets sterile injectable pharmaceutical products.

Xortx Therapeutics

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XORTX Therapeutics is a BioPharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease

Fibrocor Therapeutics

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Fibrocor Therapeutics focuses on developing disease modifying therapeutics in fibrosis.

NuVessl

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NuVessl is a nanotechnology company that specializes in pharmaceutical, product development, and research development.

PnuVax

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An organization dedicated to the production of high quality vaccines and biopharmaceuticals

Naturally Splendid Enterprises Ltd.

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A multifaceted biotech company spanning many industries surrounding hemp. People, Planet, & Profit!

Somru Bioscience

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Somru Bioscience is an emerging biotechnology company dedicated to developing breakthrough antibody technology for research.

PlantExt

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PlantExt develops medical cannabis products intended to provide anti-inflammatory remedies.

Entheon Biomedical

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Entheon is a addiction recovery solution that harnesses and optimizes the therapeutic potential of the DMT molecule.

MedGenesis Therapeutix

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MedGenesis Therapeutix is a biopharmaceutical company developing life-enhancing therapeutics for patients with serious neurologic diseases.

Prairie Plant Systems

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Prairie Plant Systems Inc. (PPS) is a biotechnology company with Canadian and US facilities dedicated to the principle of manufacturing.

EGF Theramed Health

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EGF Theramed Health is a consumer technology company engaged in the provision of biomedical online services.

Fedora Pharmaceuticals

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Fedora Pharmaceuticals engages in the discovery and development of antibiotics for life-threatening microbial drug resistance needs.

Tiger Johnson Holdings

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Advanced algorithms analyzing trillions of data points to stay one step ahead of the market.

Laboratoire PhytoChemia inc

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PhytoChemia inc is an expert in plant chemistry and offers standardization and chemical quality control solutions for plant based products.

Soricimed

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Soricimed Biopharma operates as a clinical-stage drug and diagnostic development company.

Pharmascience

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Pharmascience is a leading manufacturer of generic drugs in Canada.

Altis Labs

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Altis is a clinical information company helping biopharma harness AI to accelerate R&D

Betterlife Pharma

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Betterlife is a bio-pharma corporation engaged in the production and commercialization of nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals.

Agri-Neo

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Agri-Neo is a bio-pesticide company that helps safely feed the world.

Mindset Pharma

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Mindset Pharma is a drug discovery business focused on creating novel and patentable psychedelic compounds.

Applied Biological Materials

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Applied Biological Materials provides research reagents and custom services at low prices.

Thallion Pharmaceuticals

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Thallion Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing new pharmaceutical products in the areas of infectious

Bio-K+ International

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Bio-K+ International is a company located in Laval.

CSTS Health Care

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CSTS Health Care Inc. is a Toronto based next-generation oncology biotech founded in 2014.

Salvation Labs

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Salvation Labs is a multifaceted, tech-forward cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) company.

Biotech Square

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AI-powered regulatory intelligence for drug development teams

Neuromed Pharmaceuticals

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Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, develops, produces, markets, and sells pain therapies.

Pivot Pharmaceuticals

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Pivot Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of therapeutic pharmaceuticals.

Canadian National Pharma Group

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Canadian National Pharma Group is a Vancouver based pharmaceutical manufacturing company.

AnthoBio

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AnthoBio develops plant-derived neuroprotective compositions for people living with multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases

Pegasus Biotech

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Our mission at Pegasus Biotech is to work with our clients to bring cutting edge innovation to the global human and animal health markets.

Biocure Technology

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Developing Biosimilars and CAR-T Cell Pharmaceuticals

Exzell Pharma

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Exzell Pharma is a pharmaceutical company that produces and supplies medicines, healthcare and biopharma-based products.

Medair Time Critical Express

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Medair Time Critical Express is a logistics company located in Mississauga.

Cuprous Pharmaceuticals

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Cuprous Pharmaceuticals is Providing partners with technologies to create best-in-class nano medicines.

TATUM bioscience

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TATUM Bioscience develops synthetic live biotherapeutics

Bionetix

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Bionetix is a Canadian-based company that produces biological products that are used in thousands of field applications worldwide.

MangoGen Pharma

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MangoGen is a biotechnology company that engages in the research and development of gene delivering cardiac stents and wound healing creams.

Precision Biomonitoring

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Precision Biomonitoring is a biotechnology and research company that specializes in various types of DNA and testing services.

Canadawide Scientific

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Canadawide Scientific is a biotehno company.

Northern Therapeutics

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Northern Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company

1DegreeBio

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Product Sourcing for the Sciences

D-Mark Biosciences

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D-Mark Biosciences is a life science biopharma company located in Toronto.

lntelliSyn

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lntelliSyn is a drug discovery services company.

Jefo

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Jefo is a Biotechnology company located in St-Hyacinthe.

Portage Pharmaceuticals

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Portage Pharmaceuticals is developing innovative cell permeable peptide (CPP) therapies to normalize gene expression.

MedC Biopharma

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MedC develops medical cannabis solutions and derived pharmaceutical products.

AEF Global Inc

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AEF Global specializes in the development and marketing of biopesticides.

Opti-Tech Scientific

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Opti-Tech Scientific is a biotechnology company located in Pickering.

Neova Technologies

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Neova Technologies is a Bioseutica Group company.

Cambridge Laboratories

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Vitamin & supplements store

BioDiem

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BioDiem is an Australian biopharmaceutical company.

Interomex BioPharmaceuticals

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Interomex develops and commercializes technologies for functional analysis of genes and proteins.

Mondias Natural Products

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Mondias Natural Products specializes in the commercialization and development of evidence.

Griffon Pharmaceuticals

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Pharmaceutical company developing a new bifunctional peptide growth hormone releasing factor and vasoactive intestinal peptide analog.

Medimabs

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Medimabs is a biotechnology company.