Innovation that leads to advances in life sciences requires a collaborative ecosystem of partners—hospitals, research centres, universities, technology incubators, start-ups, scientists and multinationals—and every day they’re collaborating in Ontario, Canada.
Operate among innovation leaders engaged in every kind of life sciences activity. Ontario’s broad and innovative life sciences sector includes about 1,900 firms.
In Ontario, you’ll have access to an ecosystem that ranks in the top ten in North America for number of pharmaceutical establishments and employment. We are home to a remarkable cluster of top-ranked institutions, researchers, developers and manufacturers.
You need a dependable source of highly skilled innovation talent to grow and compete. We have the talent you need.
Exceptional talent drives success in the highly competitive life sciences market, but it’s not always easy to find the scientific and business talent you need to innovate, commercialize and succeed on a global scale. Hoffman-La Roche kept this in mind as it was choosing a site for a global pharmaceutical development centre. In addition to a talent pool of around 66,000 life sciences workers, Ontario boasts a high concentration of business specialists with over 65,000 students graduated from business related programs in 2018.
Two of the top 10 international business schools are in Ontario.
I think the biggest asset Ontario provides to companies like us is its deep talent pool. We have been very impressed with the quality of the people we have hired locally for the site and I think this reflects the fact that the province does wonderful research. It produces great scientists, and sometimes you need to look locally before you look globally.
Ontario is a place where today’s innovative ideas are fast becoming tomorrow’s world-renowned scientific, medical and technological breakthroughs, with the potential to improve millions of lives globally.
Did you know that Ontario is home to the following major medical breakthroughs and innovations?
Our excellence in life sciences is nurtured by public and private investments and forged through collaborative partnerships. Together, there is truly no limit to where innovation can take us.
