Therapure BioPharma, Inc. is a Canadian biopharmaceutical industry and biotechnology company, headquartered in

Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario. Situated on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, ...

, a privately held, integrated Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO). Founded in 2008, the firm provides a range of therapeutic

protein Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residue (biochemistry), residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including Enzyme catalysis, catalysing metab ...

development and manufacturing services including; technology transfer & process development, analytical development and testing, scale up and cGMP manufacturing, and aseptic fill/finish and

lyophilization Freeze drying, also known as lyophilization or cryodesiccation, is a low temperature dehydration process that involves freezing the product and lowering pressure, thereby removing the ice by sublimation. This is in contrast to dehydration by m ...

. , the company has over 90 employees. In 2020, Therapure was acquired by Resilience.

Facility

The 130,000 ft2 cGMP

biopharmaceutical A biopharmaceutical, also known as a biological medical product, or biologic, is any pharmaceutical drug product manufactured in, extracted from, or semisynthesized from biological sources. Different from totally synthesized pharmaceuticals, t ...

facility is a first of its kind in Canada as an article in BioBusiness indicated that Therapure has the capability to develop, manufacture, purify, and package protein therapeutics at very large and small scale. The facility was toured by Mississauga Mayor

Hazel McCallion Hazel Mary Muriel McCallion (; February 14, 1921 – January 29, 2023) was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth mayor of Mississauga. First elected in November 1978, McCallion was mayor for 36 years until her retirement in 2014, makin ...

during the official launch. The great nephew of Dr.

Frederick Banting Sir Frederick Grant Banting (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon. For his co-discovery of insulin and its therapeutic potential, Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physi ...

, Bob Banting, indicated that "This facility will alleviate the need for Canadians to seek resources outside of the country in order to manufacture their products."

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