RE:RE:RE:RE:GSK ---GSK was one of my customer in Laval, they were known for a while as ID Biomedical Corp which was also operating the Vaccines production site in Quebec city. Only controls and R&D were done in Laval and most of them have been let go last summer. Very sad!. Quebec/Montreal were known for their Pharmaceutical R&D sites, Since 10 years I've seen them all going back to their origines: BMS in Candiac completely closed and went back to US, idem for Merck (80 R&D chemists let go), Boeringer closed and went back to Europe. The only old one left is Whyett now PFizer doing mainly production and controls, no R&D. The new one we have since a couple of years is Vertex, doing well. Until they get swallow by a big Pharma like Gilead or AGN...
Some of the employees have recovered some contracts and are renting lab space from GSK/ID Biomedical Corp. It's called Biodextris...
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Company Overview
ID Biomedical Corporation of Quebec, doing business as GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, manufactures vaccines. The company was formerly known as Intellivax International, Inc. and changed its name to ID Biomedical Corporation of Quebec in April 2002. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Quebec City, Canada. ID Biomedical Corporation of Quebec operates as a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc.