Shona McDiarmid

Shire is a global specialty pharmaceutical company marketing products to defined customer groups (specialist doctors). Sales and marketing is a core Shire competence. Shire combines investment in product development with careful attention to risk management. Shire currently focuses on three therapeutic areas - central nervous system disorders (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI) and renal diseases. Shire has particular expertise in ADHD as a result of its development and marketing of the leading brand in the US market, ADDERALL and the new once a day version, ADDERALL XR. The group has a sales and marketing infrastructure with a broad portfolio of products targeting the US, Canada, UK, Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Shire covers other significant pharmaceutical markets indirectly through distributors. They have already appointed such distributors including, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea and Thailand. It is founded in 1986

BELLUS Health, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of cough hypersensitivity and other hypersensitization disorders. Its product BLU-5937, is being developed for the treatment of chronic cough and chronic pruritus, or chronic itch. The company was founded on June 17, 1993 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

Biochem Pharma, Inc. provides bioinfomatics tools, biotechnology databases and consulting services to the genomics, proteomics and biopharmaceutical industries. They provide the cutting edge strategic intelligence needed to exploit information and to develop future business strategies.

Bellus Health (Innodia), Inc. manufactures biopharmaceutical products for the treatment and prevention of amyloidosis, metabolic syndrome, and diabetics related diseases. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

Ontario Bar Association operates as the voice of Canada’s legal profession. The firm represents lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers and law students from across the province. It specializes in advocacy, practice area sanctions, professional development programs, and law reform and law amendment. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Neurochem (International) Ltd. provides licensing and partnering activities. Its services include supply chain management and sales, clinical, and regulatory & marketing functions required to develop products. Neurochem is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

PrioNet Canada developed strategies to eradicate prion diseases such as mad cow and Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease. The company was headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.