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OUR VISION

Making a difference

Cancer, a disease that is all too often unforgiving, has a profound impact on the lives of not only patients, but their loved ones. Mutual assistance and empathy are central to our values. With this in mind, our team works to push back the limits of therapeutic innovation to give people hope for better days to come.

OUR MISSION

Giving patients a second chance

We intend to bring new, effective therapeutic solutions to cancer, particularly those with a “poor prognosis.” The goal is to provide patients with treatments that are easier to tolerate and with the hope of a longer life.

Our targets are cancers that are particularly difficult to treat with the current therapeutic arsenal, and which are behind a large number of deaths every year in Canada, including:

Castration-resistant prostate cancer

  • 4900
  • DEATHS1

Triple-negative breast cancer

  • 5400
  • DEATHS1

Pancreatic cancer

  • 5900
  • DEATHS1

Lung cancer

  • 20600
  • DEATHS1

Colorectal cancer

  • 9300
  • DEATHS1

1 Estimated number of deaths in Canada in 2023 (Canadian Cancer Society).

WHO WE ARE

A far-sighted company

Neolys Pharma is a young Canadian company founded in Quebec City in 2023 by Christian Roby (Pharmacist, B.Pharm.), Donald Poirier (Chemist, Ph.D.), and Dr. René Maltais (Chemist, Ph.D.).

Our team
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TEAM

R&D Director, cofounder, and co-discoverer

Chief Scientific Officer, cofounder, and co-discoverer

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Chief Financial Officer

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Yannick Maltais, ing., Ph.D.

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Martine Courtemanche, BSc

Independent member of the Board.

BUSINESS CONSULTANT

Maxime Ranger, Ph.D., MBA

Business consultant

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Vice-President of Life Sciences at RBCx

Martin Tremblay, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Advisor

Dr Frédéric Lemay, MD

Gastro-entérologue oncologue

R&D SUPPORT

Laboratory of Donald Poirier, CRCHU de Québec-Université Laval

Jenny Roy, Ph.D.

Jean-Yves Sancéau, Ph.D.

Vincent Desrosiers, Ph.D.