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BIOTECH CITY

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The Biotech City is a biotechnology and life sciences hub of the Metropolitan Montreal including world renowned biopharmaceutical firms and research institutes employing more than 5,000 individuals. 
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Our mission is to ensure the attraction, development and growth of corporations born our of health science research and to provide them an environment conductive to success. 
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Created by a partnership between the City of Laval and the NIRS, the Biotech City is a hub of knowledge where exceptional inter-university collaboration and science companies converge for research, training and commercial development.
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Working together with the research institutions on its territory, the Biotech City helps resident companies innovate and become more competitive. 

NATIONAL INSTITUT 

FOR 

SCIENTIFIC 

RESEARCH

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Locate on the INRS campus in Laval, the Center Armand-Frappier is a research, training and technology transfer center, with 47 professors-researchers and more than 160 graduates and post-graduate students whose expertise is grouped into three areas:
 
  • Infectious diseases, immunology, cancer and epidemiology
  • Environmental biotechnology 
  • Environmental toxicology and pharmacochemistry 
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Thanks to this exceptional know-how and its state-of-art facilities, the Center, and the University, enjoy an enviable place on a global scale.

DID YOU KNOW ? 

For the year 2017-2018, INRS was ranked 1st in Canada in terms of research intensity
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The Armand-Frappier Health Biotechnology Center operates the doping control laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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