NEOMED Institute

The NEOMED Institute is a response to the changing pharma R&D business model. In view of the considerable gap between basic research and the commercialization of new drugs, we seek to create a bridge. We provide industrial expertise in drug discovery and development combined with funding and a favourable ecosystem to transform innovations into solid therapeutic solutions. We drive drug discovery activities up to the stage of human proof of concept. This stage is an important turning point, where projects become attractive to the biopharmaceutical industry or can constitute the basis for the creation of solid start-up companies. We have two fully integrated research and development facilities: one in Technoparc Montrals Saint-Laurent Campus, specializing in small molecule therapeutics, and the other facility, specializing in the development of biologics and vaccines, is located in Laval. Both facilities function as open-access drug discovery hubs housing independent commercial ...