Hunting for a solution to COVID-19

How is the pharmaceutical industry responding to the Covid-19 crisis? What are some of the scientific and political obstacles to develop a vaccine? On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Pierre Laurin, Founder and Chairman at Ingenew Pharma.

Check out the Pierre's former company's Case Study, Prometic Life Sciences,  on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.

Guest Bio: Pierre Laurin, Founder and Chairman of Ingenew Pharma.

Mr. Pierre Laurin is a senior executive with more than 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.  He founded Prometic Life Sciences Inc.  in 1994 and took the company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1998.  He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation since its inception until December 2018 during which period he raised close to $1 billion in equity, debt financing and multinational funding.  Mr. Laurin's corporate development achievements include the successful closing of multiple licensing agreements and partnering agreements with multinationals, including two strategic agreements with the American Red Cross, which led to commercial applications and blood derived therapeutics.  Mr. Laurin's prior experience also includes positions with various pharmaceutical companies, including Nordic Laboratories (now Sanofi) where he played a pivotal role in the development and commercial success of Cardizem® in Canada and in the UK.

Pierre is Founder and Chairman at Ingenew Pharma. He is currently a board member of Innodem Neurosciences Inc., Innovon Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Invhealth Capital Inc.  Mr. Laurin holds a Bachelor degree in Pharmacy and an MSc degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Montreal.

Episode Links:

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Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa. 

Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network.  Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.

Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais. 

Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.

Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting. 

Show consultant, JP Davidson. 

Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Prometic, as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.