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Market Cap:$1.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$264.0K
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Viropro Inc. ("Viropro") operates through Viropro International Inc., a Canadian company with its Head Office in Montreal. Viropro International Inc. is specialized in the technology transfer for industrial production of affordable biological therapeutic products whose licenses have expired. The principal objective is to support pharmaceutical companies in South America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, by offering them the opportunity to locally produce and commercialize therapeutic products of industrial quality at an affordable price. Viropro enables emerging markets with unmet medical needs to gain access to therapeutic biological products for the treatment of various diseases such as cancer, diabetes, chronic hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The innovative business strategy of Viropro International Inc. is based on the acquisition of exclusive products and technological rights/licenses/patents, simultaneously with the development of key partnerships with pre-eminent players on a national and international scale. Viropro International Inc. has already concluded agreements with Immuno Japan Inc. (Worldwide exclusive rights to expression systems designed to increase the production of biotherapeutic products; access to a series of biological products), the Biotechnological Research Institute of the National Council of Canada (Montreal: Worldwide exclusive rights to the use of patented expression systems for the production of human Interferon beta...

Director, President and CEO
Serge Beausoleil
Contact Information

1806-300 Chemin Des Sommets

Montreal H3E 2B7

viropro.com

(514) 731-8776

NAICS Code General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers: 424410

Recent Events

  • VIROPRO INC. ANNOUNCES IMPORTANT UPDATE TO THE BUSINESS PLAN

    9/22/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

viropro inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Serge Beausoleil Director, President and CEO
Gino Di Iorio Cfo
Claude Gingras Vice President Corporate Affaires
Prosper Azoulay Vice President, Operations
Patrick Benoist Project Director
Patrick Daoust Director, Therapeutic Proteins Division
Andre Bedard Consultant, Business Development and International Partnerships
Emilio S Binavince Lawyer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Claude Griscelli Board of Directors
Jean-Louis Boitieux Board of Directors
Peter Tijssen Board of Directors

Mr. Serge Beausoleil worked for over 12 years in the field of Canadian Securities. He has held various positions at Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion (Financiere Banque Nationale), Burns Fry Ltd (Nesbitt Burns), Valeurs Mobilieres Dubeau and finally with CIBC Financial Planning Inc as an Investment Specialist. Mr. Beausoleil is a successful Entrepreneur having done well in personal businesses who likes to face new challenges. His previous experience brings strong expertise in the fields of Finances, Business Management, Sales management, establishment of marketing strategies, partnership agreements and strategic alliance negotiations as well as in communications. Mr. Beausoleil holds a B.B.A. and an M.Sc. in Economics. He has previously held titles of Chartered Administrator (Adm. A.), Quebec Institute of Financial Planning (Fin. Pl.), as well as the title of Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (F.C.S.I.)

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Director, President and CEO Current
Viropro, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Cfo Current

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Vice President Corporate Affaires Current
Viropro, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Laval University Former

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Vice President, Operations Current
Viropro, Inc. Board of Directors Current

With over 20 years of solid experience as a researcher and project leader, Dr. Patrick Benoist has a proven expertise in various fields of biology with a particular focus in biotechnology. He has worked in internationally-renowned research centres including CSIC, CNRS, INRA and UCL. Dr. Patrick Benoist holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Paris VII.

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Project Director Current
University of Paris PH.D. In Microbiology Former

Patrick Daoust has more than five years experience in bioprocess development. Before coming to Viropro International, he worked for ProMetic Life Sciences in the areas of business development and process management from 2002 to 2005. Because of his technical expertise in developing industrial cell lines, Mr. Daoust was subsequently assigned responsibility for the scientific coordination of bio-generic development. Mr. Daoust has an MSc in microbiology from the University of Montreal.

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Director, Therapeutic Proteins Division Current
University of Montreal Msc In Microbiology Former

For more than fifteen years, Mr. Bedard has been President of Marjoco Inc, a company specialized in short term profit and liquidities improvement for companies and in strategic planning for business growth. Prior to 1992, Mr. Bedard was Vice President Finance and Administration of private and public companies. He also worked at Nordic Laboratories Inc (now Sanofi Aventis) and he served for four years as CFO, Executive VP and COO of an international public biotech company.

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Consultant, Business Development and International Partnerships Current

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Lawyer Current
Viropro, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Currently Dr. Griscelli holds the position of Vice-president for Wyeth France in charge of scientific affairs. He is also the president of the Wyeth foundation for Children s Health. Prior to Wyeth, Dr Griscelli held positions as Councellor for Medical and Scientific strategies of Public Hospitals of Paris and General Director of NIHMR (National Institute of Health and Medical Research).

Organization Position Status
Children's Health President Current
Viropro, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Boitieux acts as Research Director of the INSERM (National of Health Institute of Research), France Dr. Jean-Louis Boitieux is an internationally renowned expert in the field of immunology and a pioneer and specialist in antibody procedures in the recognition of cancerous cells. Dr. J.L. Boitieux is also member of the New York Academy of Sciences in the United States. He has also recently been honored by the French Government with the "medaille de l'ordre national du merite" in recognition for his scientific achievements. Dr. Boitieux holds two doctorates in Biology from the Universite des Sciences et de la Technologie de Compiegne, France.

Organization Position Status
New York Academy of Sciences Board of Directors Current
Viropro, Inc. Board of Directors Current
New York Academy of Sciences Member Current

Dr. Peter Tijssen is a distinguished researcher who brings highly specialized know-how and scientific expertise necessary to lead the project through development, validation and clinical trials. Dr. Peter Tijssen is also Professor at the Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Centre, INRS Institut, Armand Frappier and Universite du Quebec.

Organization Position Status
Viropro, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • Viropro Announces New Controlling Shareholder and Appointment of Dr. Rajiv Datar

    Stockwatch - 6/01/09 - View Story

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VPRO $0.020 -0.000 (-0% )
Volume 0
Shares Outstanding 82.0M
Market Cap 1.6M
Year High 0.040
Year Low 0.0012
Earnings Per Share -0.15
P/E Ratio N/A
Dividend 0.00
Yield 0.00
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