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By Canadian Press

alberta

University scientists looking to bring drug manufacturing plant to Edmonton

Nov 1, 2021 | 7:29 AM

EDMONTON – University scientists and drug developers in Edmonton are creating what they say will be Canada’s first facility to take the latest scientific pharmaceutical insights from the lab to the marketplace.

The partnership brings together the University of Alberta’s renowned Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology with Advanced Pharmaceutical Innovation, which manufactures drugs for companies to take to clinical trials.

Andrew MacIsaac heads the not-for-profit company.

He says it’s the first time in Canada a leading research group has paired up with a company capable of taking early research to market.

Michael Houghton is a Nobel Prize-winning researcher and co-director of the institute.

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He says Edmonton scientists are already working on various vaccines, and a way to bring breakthroughs to drugstore shelves is the missing piece of the puzzle.

Houghton says the Canadian Critical Drug Initiative could both develop new drugs and ensure a secure Canadian supply.

MacIsaac says a 40-thousand-square-foot manufacturing facility is planned for Edmonton that will create hundreds of jobs.

(The Canadian Press)