{"id":8098,"date":"2026-07-23T11:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/?p=8098"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:54:23","slug":"canada-must-double-down-on-collaboration-to-build-the-next-generation-of-life-sciences-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/news-and-events\/canada-must-double-down-on-collaboration-to-build-the-next-generation-of-life-sciences-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Must Double Down on Collaboration to Build the Next Generation of Life Sciences Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CQDM is joining forces with leaders across Canada\u2019s life sciences ecosystem to reaffirm the importance of fostering an environment that supports innovation, growth, and the commercialization of research-driven breakthroughs.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cqdm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CQDM<\/a>, we believe that collaboration is one of Canada&#8217;s greatest competitive advantages.<br><br>This joint call from leaders across the country&#8217;s life sciences ecosystem highlights the importance of connecting world-class science with the capital, partners, talent, and commercialization strategies needed to build global champions.<br><br>We&#8217;re proud to contribute to this conversation and, every day, to foster strategic collaborations between Canadian biotechs, leading academic researchers, global pharmaceutical companies, and support organizations. By bringing these stakeholders together, we aim to create the conditions for innovation to thrive and for Canada&#8217;s life sciences ecosystem to reach its full potential on the global stage.<br><br>Read the full op-ed \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admarebio.com\/en\/news-details\/canada-has-science-have-strategy-life-sciences-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><br><br>Co-authored by \u2060<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matthew-carlyle-cfa-icd-d-47bb7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Carlyle,<\/a> President and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/admare-bioinnovations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adMare BioInnovations<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maura-campbell03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maura Campbell<\/a>, President and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/obioscience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OBIO<\/a>); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jason-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Field<\/a>, President and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/life-sciences-ontario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life Sciences Ontario<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/blarose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benoit Larose<\/a> Pr\u00e9sident-directeur general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bioqu%C3%A9bec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOQu\u00e9bec<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wendy-hurlburt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendy Hurlburt,<\/a> President and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lifesciences-bc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life Sciences BC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/grace-lee-reynolds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grace Lee Reynolds<\/a>, CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mars-discovery-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MaRS Discovery District<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/prakashgowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prakash Gowd<\/a>, Interim CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/toronto-innovation-acceleration-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TIAP &#8211; Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maximepesant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maxime Pesant<\/a>, Vice-pr\u00e9sident, Placements priv\u00e9s et investissements d&#8217;impact | Sciences de la vie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fonds-de-solidarite-ftq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fonds de solidarit\u00e9 FTQ<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/montr-al-invivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montr\u00e9al InVivo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/veronique-dugas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">V\u00e9ronique Dugas,<\/a> Pr\u00e9sidente et directrice G\u00e9n\u00e9rale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cqdm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CQDM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CQDM is joining forces with leaders across Canada\u2019s life sciences ecosystem to reaffirm the importance of fostering an environment that supports innovation, growth, and the commercialization of research-driven breakthroughs. At CQDM, we believe that collaboration is one of Canada&#8217;s greatest competitive advantages.This joint call from leaders across the country&#8217;s life sciences ecosystem highlights the importance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","category-our-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8099,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8098\/revisions\/8099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqdm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}