Top biotechnical companies in Northern Ontario.

TOP BIOTECHNICAL COMPANIES IN NORTHERN ONTARIO

Ranked by number of full-time employees

                                                 Partner organizations
Organization             Contact person          Patents
Address                  # Full-time staff       Current research
City/postal code         # Part-time staff       projects
Phone/fax                Year established        Major changes planned
Website                  Area of specialization  for 2005-06

Canadian Forestry        n/p                     Federal/provincial
Service, NRC, Great      160 (not all in         research labs,
Lakes Forestry Centre,   biotechnology)          academia, industry
1219 Queen St. E         60                      Yes
Sault Ste. Marie P6A     Approximately 1949      Several, some in early
2E5                      Pest ID, management,    stages,
705-541-5558/541-5704    bioproducts,            precommercial stage for
n/p                      Eas                     others
                                                 n/p
Northern Centre for      Chantal Hanlon          Local university,
Biotechnology &          38                      college, hospital,
Clinical Research        1                       medical school
(NEUREKA!)               1998                    n/a
933 Ramsey Lake Rd.      Biomedical              1 in premanufacture, 3
5th floor                                        in R & D
Sudbury P3E 6B4                                  ISO certification
705-671-2873/671-9478
www.neureka.com
Thunder Bay Regional     Janet Northan           Lakehead University,
Health                   20 in cancer research   McMaster,
Sciences Centre          n/p                     Cancer Care Ont.
980 Oliver Rd.           1998 (research          n/a
Thunder Bay P7B 6V4      division)               Cancer research,
807-684-7217/684-5800    Cancer research         therapeutic tools for
n/p                                              patients, clinical
                                                 trials, treatment
                                                 applications
                                                 Implementation of
                                                 Institute of Cancer
                                                 Research
Lakehead University      John Guerard            Medical school, local
955 Oliver Rd.           Total in biotechnology  health sciences centre,
Thunder Bay P7B 5E1      not provided            others
807-343-8793/766-7178    n/p                     Yes
www.lakeheadu.ca         1965 (university        Several in R & D
                         established)            n/p
                         Forestry, environment,
                         genomics, see website
Genesis Genomics Inc.    Bob Thayer              n/p
1294 Balmoral St.        10                      Yes, all pending
Suite 310                2                       Research and
Thunder Bay P7B 5Z2      2001                    development stage
807-346-8100/346-8105    Cancer research         Open UK subsidiary,
www.genesisgenomics.com                          launch
                                                 3 new products
Bioforest Technologies   Joe Meating             Ecoject Technologies
Inc.                     7                       Inc., Canadian
105 Bruce St.            1-10 (varies)           Forest Service
Sault Ste. Marie P6A     1996                    Pending
2X6                      Forest pest management  Two in precommercial
705-942-5824/942-8829                            stage
www.bioforest.ca                                 n/a
ULERN                    Margo Shaw              13 organizations--
1219 Queen St. E         6                       industry, academia,
Sault Ste. Marie P6A     35                      First Nations
2E5                      1997                    n/a
705-541-5718/np          Facilitate              10 in areas of Canada
www.ulern.on.ca          collaborative R & D     Yew and other
                                                 bioproducts, bioenergy,
                                                 biosolids, projects are
                                                 in all stages
                                                 Expand in bioenergy and
                                                 bioproducts
* Mikro-Tek Inc.         Mark Kean               Industry Canada,
Box 2120, 115 Sandy      5                       Instituto Forestal
Faus Rd.                 1                       (Chile), others
Timmins P4N 7X8          1989                    n/a
705-268-3536/268-7411    Production of           5 in commercialization
www.mikro-tek.com        microbial inocula       stage
                         for plant growth        n/p
Northwestern Ontario     Judy Sander             Lakehead University
Technology Centre        5                       n/a
1294 Balmoral St.        n/p                     Finalizing funding for
Thunder Bay P7B 5Z5      1999                    development of the Lake
807-768-6682/768-6683    Business incubator      Superior Centre for
www.notc.on.ca                                   Regenerative Medecine
                                                 n/p